Legal Opinion
People v. Woods
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 1975PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge J. Balbach, J.
Upon the foregoing papers and in the opinion of the court herein, defendant’s application is granted to the extent indicated in the accompanying memorandum of this date.
The defendant moves for an order declaring a specific affirmative defense unconstitutional.
Defendant herein was indicted by a Queens County Grand Jury on April 30, 1974. He was charged with the crime of murder (Penal Law, § 125.25) in that he caused the death of one Pierre Lyman by striking him over the head with a board.
Counsel thereafter imposed the affirmative defense authorized by section 125.25 (subd 1, par [a]) of the…
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