PEOPLE v. GREENE


75 N.Y.2d 875 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joe Greene, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen L. Schutz and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Deborah L. Morse and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

Defendant was tried for first degree manslaughter upon an indictment which alleged, in part, that the defendant caused the death of the victim, Dana Oliver, "by shooting him." The medical evidence at trial, however, was equivocal as to whether the victim's head wound was caused by a bullet or by some other instrumentality....

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