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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

97 N.Y.2d 735 (2002)

769 N.E.2d 343

742 N.Y.S.2d 597

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VINCENT WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Michael J.Z. Mannheimer and Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Patricia Curran and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY, ROSENBLATT and GRAFFEO concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree after a jury trial. Defendant sought to introduce expert psychiatric evidence with regard to his justification defense "[i]n order to have the jury properly understand [his] state of mind as it impacts on his intent." To give defendant's request the "indepth...

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