PEOPLE v. MORGAN

8378, 6316/08.

99 A.D.3d 622 (2012)

952 N.Y.S.2d 556

2012 NY Slip Op 7197

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SIMONE MORGAN, Appellant.

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

October 25, 2012.


Defendant's assault conviction was against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). Defendant asserts that she was justified in stabbing the complainant in the cheek because she reasonably believed this was necessary to defend herself against the complainant's use or imminent use of deadly force, i.e., she reasonably believed that the complainant, although unarmed, was about to seriously...

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