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PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

61 N.Y.2d 1022 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Edwin Sanchez, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Jason L. Shaw, Barbara D. Underwood, Peter Weinstein, Alan Rubenstein and Lucille Dibello of counsel), for appellant.

Carol A. Zeldin and William E. Hellerstein for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Accused of the strangulation killing of his former girl-friend's grandmother, respondent admitted to prosecutorial officials that he was present at the victim's apartment on the night of the murder. Respondent said that he hit the victim twice after she made offensive personal remarks to him. Though his memory of subsequent events was sketchy, respondent...

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