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PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

17 A.D.2d 151 (1962)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Wright, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton Bach for appellant.

Walter E. Dillon of counsel (Isidore Dollinger, District Attorney), for respondent.

BOTEIN, P. J., BREITEL, RABIN, McNALLY and EAGER, JJ., concur.

Per Curiam.

The defendant was charged with the crime of manslaughter in the first degree by reason of his having fatally stabbed a woman with whom he had been living. The defendant's defense was predicated solely upon the position taken by him that the stabbing had occurred accidentally when the deceased — a rather large woman — pushed him and fell to the floor with him while he had a knife in his hand...

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