Legal Opinion
People v. La Susa
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 1, 1982PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (D’Amaro, J.), rendered January 14, 1981, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing *579sentence. Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. Whether the defendant knew he could retreat with complete safety as to himself and his companion, to avoid the use of deadly physical force upon the decedent, is an issue upon which the evidence was very close. The court’s initial instruction to the jury that the People were required to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. AlmondAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971
- People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. RencherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
3Cited by23 opinions
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- People v. DoctorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. KentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. LopezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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