Legal Opinion
People v. Cruz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 6, 2004PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Rosenwasser, J.), rendered August 16, 2002, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant argues that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the defenses of justification and temporary innocent possession with respect to the two counts of the indict - ment charging him with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. However, the defendant’s arguments are…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. PonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. RodgersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. SilasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- People v. SutherlandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. HerringAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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3Cited by4 opinions
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