PEOPLE v. CARTER


53 N.Y.2d 113 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louis Carter, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Kunz for appellant.

Sol Greenberg, District Attorney (F. Patrick Jeffers and L. Michael Mackey of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WATCHLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


JASEN, J.

The issue on this appeal is whether a rubber boot used to stomp upon the head of a helpless victim is a dangerous instrument within the meaning of the Penal Law.

On the afternoon of February 26, 1978, defendant was driving through the City of Albany with his girlfriend, Frances Coleman, when the two began to quarrel. Defendant pulled his car to the curb in the vicinity of 10 Lark Drive. Coleman...

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