PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS


176 A.D.2d 442 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nat Williams, Appellant

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

October 1, 1991


The People's evidence overwhelmingly established that defendant shot the deceased as payback for a bad drug deal. Since there was no reasonable view of the evidence that defendant recklessly killed the victim, the court properly refused to charge manslaughter in the second degree as a lesser-included offense of second degree murder (CPL 300.50; People v Glover, 57 N.Y.2d 61). Furthermore, the court's imposition of the maximum permissible...

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