PEOPLE v. TABAREZ


113 A.D.2d 461 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Tabarez, Also Known as Primo Fernandez, Appellant

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

December 30, 1985


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Pittari (David B. Weisfuse of counsel), for appellant.

Carl A. Vergari, District Attorney (Lois A. Cullen and Gerald D. Reilly of counsel), for respondent.

MOLLEN, P. J., and BRACKEN, J., concur with GIBBONS, J.; LAWRENCE, J., concurs in the affirmance of the convictions of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, but dissents as to the reversal of the conviction of attempted murder in the first degree and votes to affirm said conviction, in an opinion, in which WEINSTEIN, J., concurs.


GIBBONS, J.

Defendant was convicted, following a jury trial, of attempted murder in the first degree, robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. On this appeal, the principal issue is whether the County Court erred in refusing his request to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of "extreme emotional disturbance" set forth in Penal Law § 125.27 (2) (a), which...

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