PEOPLE v. LEON


297 A.D.2d 605 (2002)

747 N.Y.S.2d 358

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FERNANDO LEON, Appellant.

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

Decided September 26, 2002.


Defendant's challenges to the sufficiency and weight of the evidence presented by the People to disprove his justification defense are without merit. There was overwhelming proof of defendant's lack of justification, including evidence that defendant shot the victim 18 times, mostly in the back.

Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The record supports the hearing court's finding of voluntariness. Defendant...

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