Legal Opinion
People v. Morel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 13, 1995PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golia, J.), rendered November 13, 1992, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and are determined to have been established.
On the night of July 19, 1991, the victim was socializing with his friends in a park in Queens. The defendant was spinning the wheels of his car, generating a dense smoke,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. PelchatNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. DarbyNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. RandolphNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021