Legal Opinion
People v. Ramos
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 2012PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
The question presented by this appeal is whether there is legally sufficient evidence to sustain defendant’s conviction for manslaughter in the first degree. Defendant maintains that there was insufficient evidence that he intended to cause serious physical injury when he fired a gun into a crowd of people. Under the circumstances presented, the evidence was legally sufficient and we therefore uphold the conviction.
Just before midnight on October 2, 2004, defendant was involved in a physical altercation on a Brooklyn street with a woman named Norma.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. SuarezNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- People v. SantiNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- People v. CasadoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
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