PEOPLE v. CHILDS


21 A.D.2d 809 (1964)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward J. Childs, Appellant

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

June 15, 1964


Judgment reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial granted.

The defendant was charged with shooting and killing one Moore. It appears that a barbecue was being held in the backyard of a house in which the defendant occupied one of several apartments on the third or top floor. Defendant and Moore engaged in a fist fight. Upon intervention of bystanders, defendant left the barbecue and thereafter appeared with a shotgun on the back porch of the top floor. Moore...

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