Legal Opinion

People v. Ortiz

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

Decided May 5, 1986PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Tsoucalas, J.), rendered November 24, 1981, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

*551The defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial by several instances of prosecutorial misconduct and by the court’s erroneous justification charge, an inadequate voluntariness charge, and failure to give an alibi charge. However, given that the evidence of the defendant’s guilt was overwhelming and not a single one of these claims was preserved for our…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. NuccieNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  4. People v. RichardsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. People v. CoppAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. ButlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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