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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 39.

16 N.Y.3d 480 (2011)

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

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 31, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Warren S. Landau and Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes , District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Phyllis Mintz and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and PIGOTT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, J.

Defendant was indicted for murder and other charges stemming from a shooting at a Brooklyn dance club in which a woman was killed and a man, with whom she was dancing, was wounded. The People theorized that the male victim was the intended target and the female victim was accidentally killed by a bullet which struck her after passing through him.

At trial, the court submitted...

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