PEOPLE v. LESSEY

01533/12.

40 Misc.3d 530 (2013)

966 N.Y.S.2d 848

2013 NY Slip Op 23178

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. ANDREW LESSEY, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

Decided May 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Hoyos and Wilson Soto for defendant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney ( Larry Glasser and Tatiana Amlin of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

DANIEL P. CONVISER, J.

This opinion concerns a question which may be addressed this term by the Court of Appeals but arose in the instant matter as the most significant legal issue during the defendant's trial: can a defendant's voluntary intoxication be used in an appropriate case to negative the mental state of depraved indifference to human life? (See People v Heidgen, 87 A.D.3d 1016 [2d...

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