People v. Comfort

Decision Date18 February 1986
Citation500 N.Y.S.2d 1031,67 N.Y.2d 760
Parties, 491 N.E.2d 288 People v. Comfort (Larry)
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

Simons, J.

App.Div. 4, Steuben 12/20/85

Denied.

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  • People v. Madore
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 23 Diciembre 2016
    ...275 ; Goley, 113 A.D.3d at 1084, 977 N.Y.S.2d 847 ; see generally People v. Comfort, 113 A.D.2d 420, 425, 496 N.Y.S.2d 857, lv. denied 67 N.Y.2d 760, 500 N.Y.S.2d 1031, 491 N.E.2d 288 ). Defendant contends that his conviction of assault in the first degree must be reversed because it was ba......
  • People v. Brewer
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 21 Enero 1988
    ... ... Murphy, 128 A.D.2d 177, 185, 515 N.Y.S.2d 895, lv. granted 70 N.Y.2d 659, 518 N.Y.S.2d 1054, 512 N.E.2d 580; People v. Comfort, 113 A.D.2d 420, 426, 496 N.Y.S.2d 857, lv. denied 67 N.Y.2d 760, 500 N.Y.S.2d 1031, 491 N.E.2d 288). In any event, any possible error in the questioned charge was corrected when County Court gave a second reading of the charge to the jury ...         We have reviewed defendant's ... ...
  • People v. Kopera
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 5 Junio 1992
    ... ... denied 77 N.Y.2d 882, 568 N.Y.S.2d 925, 571 N.E.2d 95). Although the charge on justification was inadequate, that inadequacy does not warrant reversal in the interest of justice because there was strong evidence of guilt to rebut defendant's justification defense (see, People v. Comfort, 113 A.D.2d 420, 426, 496 N.Y.S.2d 857, lv. denied 67 N.Y.2d 760, 500 N.Y.S.2d 1031, 491 N.E.2d 288; People v. Swinson, 111 A.D.2d 275, 276-277, 489 N.Y.S.2d 111, lv. denied 66 N.Y.2d 922, 498 N.Y.S.2d 1038, 489 N.E.2d 783; People v. Gutierrez, 105 A.D.2d 754, 481 N.Y.S.2d 405; People v ... ...
  • People v. Barnes
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 30 Diciembre 1999
    ... ... United States, (D.C.Cir.), 293 F. 1013) on the admissibility of evidence of blood spatter interpretation. Such evidence has long been deemed reliable (see, e.g., People v. Murray, 147 A.D.2d 925, 537 N.Y.S.2d 399, lv. denied 73 N.Y.2d 1019, 541 N.Y.S.2d 773, 539 N.E.2d 601; People v. Comfort, 113 A.D.2d 420, 428, 496 N.Y.S.2d 857, lv. denied 67 N.Y.2d 760, 500 N.Y.S.2d 1031, 491 N.E.2d 288) ...         Contrary to defendant's contention, the court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the probative value of an autopsy photograph used by the witness to explain her ... ...
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