PEOPLE v. JAMES


127 A.D.2d 485 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Napoleon James, Appellant

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

February 17, 1987


The defendant was convicted after a jury trial of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 25 years to life. The evidence was clearly sufficient to support the jury's verdict. The single important question presented on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's request to submit manslaughter in the first degree as a lesser included crime. In our opinion...

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