Fanelli v. New York

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ruling that no Bielkiewicz charge was necessary in a situation in which the evidence showed that the defendant either \participated in the vicious beating of the victim\ or, conversely, remained in a car and did not take part in the offense
• finding no accomplice liability charge was warranted where the prosecution was based on \defendant's culpability . . . as a principal\ and defendant maintained he \was not guilty of a crime at all\
• finding accomplice liability charge not warranted where prosecution was based on \defendant's culpability . . . as a principal\ for one defendant and the other defendant \was not guilty of a crime at all\
• \The difference between this case and Bielkiewicz is that the evidence in that case could have supported a finding that defendant Bielkiewicz did not share [the principal's] homicidal state of mind.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).