PEOPLE v. COX


264 A.D.2d 854 (1999)

696 N.Y.S.2d 177

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PAUL COX, Appellant.

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

Decided September 27, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the evidence established that he suffered from temporary insanity and therefore was not criminally responsible for stabbing two people to death as they lay in their bed. We disagree. While the psychiatric testimony presented at trial indicated that the defendant suffered from extreme emotional disturbance, the People's experts were of the opinion that he had substantial capacity to understand and appreciate...

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