Legal Opinion
People v. Taylor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 8, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Weissman, J.), rendered August 2, 1995, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the People failed to prove his guilt of the crime of burglary in the third degree beyond a reasonable doubt because his intoxication rendered him incapable of knowingly entering or remaining in a building with “the intent to commit a crime therein” (Penal Law § 140.20). However, “even an intoxicated person may be capable…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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