PEOPLE v. JOYNER


26 N.Y.2d 106 (1970)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Vernon Joyner, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Lewis R. Friedman and Michael R. Juviler of counsel), for appellant.

John Nicholas Iannuzzi for respondent.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BRIETEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur.


Chief Judge FULD.

The record leaves no doubt that Albert Hicks died of a stab wound and that it was the defendant who inflicted it in the course of robbing him. While in the company of several friends, the defendant asked one of them, a Johnnie Cooper, for a loan. "I need some money," he told him, "I have to get it one way or another, even if I have to kill somebody."1 A few minutes...

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