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People v. Soriano

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 22, 1992
188 A.D.2d 420 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Summary

holding that the defendant acted as the initial aggressor in pushing the victim, who was initially unarmed, while stabbing him with a sharp-pointed tool

Summary of this case from Heron v. Griffin

Opinion

December 22, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.).


Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the People (People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), the defense of justification was disproven beyond a reasonable doubt, there being legally sufficient evidence to support a finding that defendant was the initial aggressor and that the victim was initially unarmed (Penal Law § 35.15 [b]). Verbal provocation would not have justified defendant's use of physical force (People v Baez, 118 A.D.2d 507). Nor was defendant's conduct either objectively or subjectively reasonable (see, People v Goetz, 68 N.Y.2d 96, 113-114). There was also legally sufficient proof of defendant's intention to cause physical injury, such being inferrable from the very nature of defendant's conduct in pushing the victim while stabbing him with a sharp-pointed tool (see, People v Taylor, 163 A.D.2d 902, lv denied 76 N.Y.2d 944).

Concur — Carro, J.P., Wallach, Asch and Kassal, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Soriano

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 22, 1992
188 A.D.2d 420 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

holding that the defendant acted as the initial aggressor in pushing the victim, who was initially unarmed, while stabbing him with a sharp-pointed tool

Summary of this case from Heron v. Griffin
Case details for

People v. Soriano

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DELSIO SORIANO…

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

Date published: Dec 22, 1992

Citations

188 A.D.2d 420 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
591 N.Y.S.2d 1008

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