PEOPLE v. SWINSON


111 A.D.2d 275 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Henry Swinson, Appellant

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

May 13, 1985


Judgment affirmed.

Defendant was indicted, inter alia, for murder in the second degree as a result of his fatal shooting of Geraldine Pearsall. At trial defendant asserted a justification defense. He testified that Pearsall had attacked him with an ice pick, and she was shot during a struggle for the weapon. The jury convicted defendant, inter alia, of manslaughter in the first degree. The judgment should be...

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