PEOPLE v. HUTCHINSON


141 A.D.2d 762 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jeannette Hutchinson, Appellant

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

June 20, 1988


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to admit evidence of an assault committed by the victim on a third party on the night of the incident. Where justification is an issue, a defendant may introduce evidence of the victim's prior specific acts of violence directed to a third party of which the defendant had knowledge, provided that the acts are reasonably related to the crime of which...

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