People v. Demagall

Decision Date01 July 2009
Citation12 N.Y.3d 924,912 N.E.2d 1086
PartiesPEOPLE v. DEMAGALL.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

Appeal from 3d Dept.: 63 A.D.3d 34, 876 N.Y.S.2d 541 (Columbia).

Application in Criminal Case for Leave to Appeal Denied. (Lippman, C.J.).

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  • People v. Gilbert
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 4 Noviembre 2021
    ... ... Kohl, 72 N.Y.2d at 193194, 532 N.Y.S.2d 45, 527 N.E.2d 1182 ). Where there is conflicting expert testimony, "the issue of a defendant's criminal responsibility is for the jury to resolve" ( People v. Demagall, 114 A.D.3d 189, 192, 978 N.Y.S.2d 416 [2014] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted], lv denied 23 N.Y.3d 1035, 993 N.Y.S.2d 249, 17 N.E.3d 504 [2014] ; see People v. Hadfield, 119 A.D.3d 1217, 1222, 990 N.Y.S.2d 683 [2014], lv denied 25 N.Y.3d 989, 10 N.Y.S.3d 532, 32 N.E.3d 969 ... ...
  • People v. Gilbert
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court
    • 4 Noviembre 2021
    ... ... culpable mental state element" ( People v Kohl , ... 72 N.Y.2d at 193-194). Where there is conflicting expert ... testimony, "the issue of a defendant's criminal ... responsibility is for the jury to resolve" ( People v ... Demagall , 114 A.D.3d 189, 192 [2014] [internal quotation ... marks and citations omitted], lv denied 23 N.Y.3d ... 1035 [2014]; see People v Hadfield , 119 A.D.3d 1217, ... 1222 [2014], lv denied 25 N.Y.3d 989 [2015]), and ... "we will intervene only when there is a serious ... ...
  • People v. Stevens
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 5 Mayo 2011
    ... ... Demagall, 63 A.D.3d 34, 38, 876 N.Y.S.2d 541 [2009], lv. denied 12 N.Y.3d 924, 884 N.Y.S.2d 705, 912 N.E.2d 1086 [2009] ). Next, viewing defense counsel's performance in its totality ( see People v. Cummings, 16 N.Y.3d 784, 785, 919 N.Y.S.2d 500, 944 N.E.2d 1139 [2011] ), we are unpersuaded that counsel's ... ...
  • People v. Apelles, 110289
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 23 Julio 2020
    ... ... We disagree. "A trial court is not required to accept every offer of a plea merely because the defendant wishes to enter a plea and may reject a plea offer in the exercise of sound judicial discretion" ( People v. Demagall, 63 A.D.3d 34, 3637, 876 N.Y.S.2d 541 [2009] [internal quotation marks, brackets and citation omitted], lv denied 12 N.Y.3d 924, 884 N.Y.S.2d 705, 912 N.E.2d 1086 [2009] ). The fact that a "plea bargain ha[s] been found acceptable to both the prosecution and defense" does not compel its acceptance ... ...
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