PEOPLE v. COLES


27 A.D.3d 830 (2006)

810 N.Y.S.2d 262

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DEVON COLES, Also Known as DEVON JOHNSON, Appellant.

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

March 9, 2006.


Carpinello, J.

In the early morning hours of July 22, 2000, Thomas Nimmons was fatally stabbed as he and his girlfriend left a bar following a brief, verbal exchange over the girlfriend's near spilling of a drink on another patron. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a prison term of 25 years to life. He now appeals and since none of the three arguments he raises has merit, we affirm.

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