Legal Opinion

People v. Velez

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

Decided May 29, 1990PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rotker, J.), rendered April 6, 1988, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reducing the sentence imposed on the defendant’s conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree from 7½ to 15 years’ imprisonment to 5 to 15 years’ imprisonment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.

During the course of defense counsel’s cross-examination of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. RosarioNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
  2. People v. RanghelleNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. ConsolazioNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. People v. PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. People v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. People v. YoungNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. People v. WinthropAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. People v. AguirreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. People v. DeasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  5. People v. GaskinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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