People v. Medina
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kreindler, J.), *573rendered March 20, 1986, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
A defendant is entitled to a charge on a lesser included offense if a reasonable view of the evidence would support a finding that the defendant committed the lesser offense and not the greater (People v Green, 56 NY2d 427; People v Ivisic, 95 AD2d 307). The trial court correctly found that the conflicting versions of the facts adduced at trial…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. IvisicAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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