PEOPLE v. VELEZ


265 A.D.2d 162 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 3

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JASON VELEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided October 5, 1999.


The court properly exercised its discretion when it charged the jury on murder in the second degree, followed by the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance, followed by the defense of justification. We find that the order selected by the court followed a logical pattern and could not have caused defendant any prejudice.

Defendant's general objection failed to preserve his challenges to a detective's testimony concerning ankle holsters (see, People...

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