Legal Opinion
People v. Rabsatt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 9, 2010PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (D’Emic, J.), rendered May 16, 2005, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in permitting several of the deceased victim’s family members, and one long-time friend, to speak at sentencing (see People v Hemmings, 2 NY3d 1 [2004]; People v Harrington, 14 AD3d 944 [2005]). CPL 380.50 (2), which gives victims of felony offenses a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. KazepisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. HemmingsNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- People v. AlvarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- People v. HarringtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. MinemierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- MINEMIER, KEVIN M., PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. MinemierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015