PEOPLE v. KURAMURA


148 A.D.2d 331 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Masa Kuramura, Appellant

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

March 9, 1989


By indictment filed October 26, 1986, defendant was charged with the crime of murder in the second degree. The charge stemmed from an incident which occurred at approximately 1:00 A.M. on October 17, 1986, in which defendant fatally stabbed 27-year-old Tsung Mieng Lu at the Sam Bok restaurant in Manhattan.

Prior to the stabbing, defendant and the decedent insulted each other about their ethnic heritage, defendant being Japanese and the decedent Chinese. Defendant...

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