PEOPLE v. DUFFY


79 N.Y.2d 611 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Patrick M. Duffy, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Shay, District Attorney (Valerie Friedlander of counsel), for appellant.

John A. Cirando and Patrick J. Haber for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges KAYE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judge SIMONS taking no part.


TITONE, J.

This appeal calls upon us to address two related questions: whether a person may be convicted of second degree manslaughter for engaging in reckless conduct which results in another person's committing suicide and, if so, whether the conduct of the defendant in this case was a sufficiently direct cause of the victim's death to support his conviction. For the reasons that follow, we conclude...

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