Legal Opinion

People v. Oliver

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

Decided April 4, 1988PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aiello, J.) rendered March 18, 1986, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree in the beating death of his five-year-old son. We cannot agree with his claim that the prosecutor’s summation was so inflammatory that he was denied a fair trial. A review of the summation reveals that several of the remarks which the defendant claims to be offensive have not been…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. MedinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. RoopchandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  3. People v. SaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  4. People v. MauceriAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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