PEOPLE v. PAIGE


269 A.D.2d 325 (2000)

703 N.Y.S.2d 720

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM PAIGE, Appellant.

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

Decided February 29, 2000.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The People disproved beyond a reasonable doubt defendant's justification defense, since the evidence amply established that defendant could not have "reasonably believe[d]" that deadly physical force was necessary "to prevent or terminate the commission or attempted commission of [a] burglary" (Penal Law §...

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