Legal Opinion
People v. Ward
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 11, 1990PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Giaccio, J.), rendered January 10, 1989, convicting her of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
On May 6, 1988, the defendant, during an argument in her dwelling, stabbed Charles Monday, her boyfriend, in the abdomen with his knife. The defendant was indicted and convicted of assault in the first degree. At the trial, the defendant claimed that she acted in self-defense. According to the defendant’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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