PEOPLE v. JACKSON


80 N.Y.2d 112 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jesse Jackson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Joshua Rosenkranz, New York City, and Tamara Detloff for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Leonard I. Picker, Mark Dwyer and James M. McGuire of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge SMITH taking no part.


Per Curiam.

Defendant was charged, along with two codefendants, with second degree murder and four counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. The possession counts involved four different weapons. The jury convicted him of one of the weapons counts and acquitted him of the other charges. The Appellate Division reversed on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice. Labelling defendant...

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