People v. Suarez

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 2005-12-22

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Graffeo, J. (concurring in McPherson and dissenting in Suarez). The majority concludes that a person who stabs someone with a knife cannot act with “a depraved indifference to human life” (Penal Law § 125.25 [2]). To reach this conclusion and limit the applicability of the depraved indifference murder statute, the majority employs r…

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