People v. Carter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*452OPINION OF THE COURT
Mollen, P. J.
In the early morning hours of August 18, 1979, a fight erupted outside a bar in Amagansett, New York. The ensuing melee pitted a group of six white men, comprised of bar employees and their friends, against five black patrons. The only criminal prosecution growing out of the incident involved defendants, James and Jeffrey Carter, who were charged with assault in the first degree for allegedly having inflicted serious physical injury upon Robert Peters by means of a dangerous instrument. Peters suffered a broken arm as well as various stab wounds.
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