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PEOPLE v. DORM

12 N.Y.3d 16 (2009)

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHRIS DORM, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 12, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Peter Theis and Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Britta Gilmore and Mary C. Farrington of counsel), for respondent.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and PIGOTT concur; Chief Judge LIPPMAN taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, J.

Defendant and victim had been involved in a romantic relationship for three months when the charged crimes occurred. On January 1, 2005, after a New Year's Eve party, defendant and victim returned to victim's apartment where an argument erupted during which defendant blocked victim's attempts to leave and bolted the door. The altercation escalated from pushing and shoving, to throwing...

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