PEOPLE v. LEDESMA


300 A.D.2d 72 (2002)

750 N.Y.S.2d 755

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LIONEL LEDESMA, Also Known as LEOBEL LEDESMA, Appellant.

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

Decided December 10, 2002.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Issues of credibility were properly considered by the jury and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations.

Since defendant interposed the defense of extreme emotional disturbance to the charge of attempted murder in the second degree, he was properly convicted of the otherwise nonexistent crime of attempted manslaughter in the first degree (see People v...

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