Legal Opinion

People v. Woodside

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

Decided April 26, 1991PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted of criminally negligent homicide for shooting Lawrence Trawick during the evening of November 4, 1987. On appeal defendant contends that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury that the prosecution had the burden of disproving his alibi defense and by making specific reference to defendant as an interested witness without making similar specific reference to other witnesses. Additionally, defendant contends that the prosecutor’s summation remarks deprived him of a fair trial.

*1053Defendant made no specific request for a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. DawsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. People v. LiptonNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. AzzaraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. People v. WidgerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  5. People v. PanepintoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. EncarnacionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

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