PEOPLE v. COOPER


146 A.D.2d 494 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Curtis Cooper, Appellant

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

January 12, 1989


The defendant, whose only prior conviction was for a nonviolent misdemeanor committed in 1978, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree. He was present in his aunt's apartment when the decedent, her boyfriend, stabbed the aunt and murdered her son, the defendant's cousin. The decedent then fled from the apartment with the defendant, who had grabbed a metal pipe, in pursuit. When the defendant caught up with the decedent, the decedent slashed the defendant's arm...

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