PEOPLE v. PURCELL


103 A.D.2d 938 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Daniel D. Purcell, III, Appellant

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

July 19, 1984


¶ At approximately 4:45 A.M. on March 13, 1982, defendant, an off-duty City of Troy police officer, fatally wounded David D. Forette with a .25 caliber handgun in Troy. The trial evidence showed that defendant, who had been off duty since 11:30 P.M., was seated with several employees of Petar's Grill when Forette's companion, one Jerome Graham, peered into the window at which time the doorman shouted a racial slur, evoking an obscene hand gesture from Graham. An argument...

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