PEOPLE v. GOETZ


68 N.Y.2d 96 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Bernhard Goetz, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Robert M. Pitler, Mark Dwyer and Gregory L. Waples of counsel), for appellant.

Mark M. Baker, Barry Ivan Slotnick and Michael Shapiro for respondent.

Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


Chief Judge WACHTLER.

A Grand Jury has indicted defendant on attempted murder, assault, and other charges for having shot and wounded four youths on a New York City subway train after one or two of the youths approached him and asked for $5. The lower courts, concluding that the prosecutor's charge to the Grand Jury on the defense of justification was erroneous, have dismissed the attempted murder, assault and...

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