Legal Opinion

People v. Jackson

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

Decided October 20, 1997PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (McCann, J.), rendered January 13, 1995, convicting him of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court did not err in refusing to give a justification charge with respect to the circumstances under which non-deadly physical force could be used (see, e.g., People v Parham, 238 AD2d 446; cf., People v Ogodor, 207 AD2d 461; People v Jones, 148 AD2d 547).

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. People v. OgodorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. People v. ParhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. SyvilleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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