PEOPLE v. PALMA

2021-05662. Ind. No. 319/20.

208 A.D.3d 801 (2022)

172 N.Y.S.3d 629

2022 NY Slip Op 05044

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Christopher Palma, Respondent.

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

Decided August 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne T. Donnelly , District Attorney, Mineola, NY ( Tammy J. Smiley , Yael V. Levy , and Jason R. Richards of counsel), for appellant.

Martello & LaMagna, P.C. ( Stephen W. LaMagna and Jillian S. Harrington , Staten Island, NY, of counsel), for respondent.

Connolly, J.P., Roman, Ford and Wan, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed.

The charges against the defendant arise from a July 2019 incident, in which a speedboat operated by the defendant was involved in a collision with a jet ski. The operator of the jet ski sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision.

The People presented the matter to a grand jury, which returned a true bill on charges of manslaughter in the second degree, criminally negligent homicide, assault in the second degree...

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