Legal Opinion

People v. Sadler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 13, 2017No. 2016-03815PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Harrington, J.), rendered April 1, 2016, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the record in the light most favorable to the defendant, we agree with the Supreme Court that there was no reasonable view of the evidence by which the jury could have found that the defendant was justified in using deadly physical force because he reasonably believed that the victim…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. The People v. Yusuf SparksNew York Court of Appeals · 2017
  2. People v. JenkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  2. People v. PattersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  3. People v. RichardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
  4. People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
  5. People v. VegaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2025

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