Legal Opinion
People v. Dacus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 15, 1995PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hanophy, J.), rendered September 8, 1992, convicting him of murder in the second degree and attempted murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s conviction arises from a 1977 incident in which the defendant shot at his former employers, fatally injuring one of them, after he was fired from his job for refusing to follow an instruction. The defendant evaded apprehension for 14 years before he was located, arrested, and brought to trial.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- People v. BufordNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. PerdomoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. VelezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. MullingsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- People v. SpencerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- People v. SpencerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016