PEOPLE v. RODWELL


100 A.D.2d 772 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Matthew Rodwell, Appellant

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

April 5, 1984


¶ The victim, Freddy Killingsworth, died as a result of a knife wound extending into his heart, which he sustained in an altercation with defendant over Killingsworth's attentions to defendant's former "common-law" wife. The two men had argued and eventually Killingsworth, who was sitting on a railing next to a stoop, kicked at defendant. When Killingsworth stepped off the railing and advanced toward him, defendant stepped backwards and took a knife from his pocket....

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