PEOPLE v. JACKSON


14 N.Y.2d 5 (1964)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Purnell Jackson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Carley, Edward H. Potter, Hyman J. Greenberg, Eugene K. Jones and Robert E. Green for appellant.

Frank D. O'Connor, District Attorney (Benj. J. Jacobson of counsel), for respondent.

Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and BERGAN concur; Judge SCILEPPI taking no part.


Chief Judge DESMOND.

Defendant was convicted of murder first degree and sentenced to death. The proof was sufficient to justify the verdict. Of the several alleged errors argued by his counsel, one only need be examined.

Defense counsel requested an instruction to the jury "that although intoxication is no defense, the defendant may have been so intoxicated as to be unable to form a specific intent to ...

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