New York Court of Appeals· 5/15/1984
People v. Almodovar
Citations
- 62 N.Y.2d 126
- 464 N.E.2d 463
- 476 N.Y.S.2d 95
- 1984 N.Y. LEXIS 4248
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that a person who possesses an otherwise proscribed weapon is not guilty of unlawful possession if he took the weapon from an assailant in the course of a fight
- a suddenly discovered weapon or one taken from an assailant would not constitute unlawful possession
- justification is defense to otherwise unlawful use of weapon, but not to illegal possession
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Judges: Cooke, Jasen, Jones, Kaye, Ler, Meyer, Simons, Wacht
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396 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals· 1986-11-25· cited 887×
- People v. SteinbergNew York Court of Appeals· 1992-06-11· cited 348×
- People v. SinhaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2011-04-07· cited 249×
- People v. AhmedNew York Court of Appeals· 1985-11-21· cited 205×
- People v. PonsNew York Court of Appeals· 1986-10-23· cited 169×
- Ronald Davis v. Wayne Strack, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility and Dennis C. Vacco, New York State Attorney GeneralSecond Circuit· 2001-10-29· cited 135×
- People v. SantiNew York Court of Appeals· 2004-10-21· cited 133×
- People v. LouridoNew York Court of Appeals· 1987-11-24· cited 131×
- Sidney Hawkins v. Joseph Costello, Superintendent, Mid State Correctional FacilitySecond Circuit· 2006-08-09· cited 118×
- People v. SteinbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-08-08· cited 93×
- State v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-12-13· cited 86×
- People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals· 1990-07-05· cited 79×
- People v. OkaforeNew York Court of Appeals· 1988-06-09· cited 75×
- People v. BartolomeoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-03-30· cited 56×
- United States v. GamezSecond Circuit· 2009-08-20· cited 53×
- People v. BaldoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-01-22· cited 53×
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-04-27· cited 43×
- People v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-05-18· cited 43×
- The People v. Reginald PowellNew York Court of Appeals· 2016-04-05· cited 37×
- People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1986-07-11· cited 29×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- People v. MalloyNew York Court of Appeals· 1982-03-30· cited 685×
- People v. PenaNew York Court of Appeals· 1980-06-10· cited 293×
- People v. PadgettNew York Court of Appeals· 1983-10-25· cited 196×
- People v. SteeleNew York Court of Appeals· 1970-05-28· cited 175×
- People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals· 1980-07-08· cited 112×
- People v. BucklerNew York Court of Appeals· 1976-06-08· cited 47×
- People v. FureyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1961-07-06· cited 21×
- People v. HarmonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1959-01-07· cited 17×
- People v. PendergraftAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1975-11-13· cited 9×
- People v. AlmondAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1971-06-01· cited 7×
Other cases named People v. Almodovar
22 other CourtListener records share this case name.
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Court of Illinois· 2013-01-18· cited 35×
- People v. AlmodovarCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1987-03-25· cited 19×
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-12-03· cited 16×
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Court of Illinois· 1992-09-01· cited 9×
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-12-03· cited 7×
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-09-16· cited 7×
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2016-09-29· cited 4×
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-05-01· cited 2×
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-06-27· cited 1×
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-04-02
- People v. AlmodovarNew York Court of Appeals· 2016-11-30
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1963-01-31
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-12-17
- People v. AlmodóvarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1916-04-28
- People v. AlmodóvarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1924-02-25
- People v. AlmodóvarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1926-07-29
- People v. AlmodóvarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1930-03-31
- People v. AlmodóvarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1940-04-19
- People v. AlmodóvarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1943-03-31
- People v. AlmodóvarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1950-03-17
- People v. AlmodóvarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1961-05-01
- People v. AlmodovarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2026-02-10
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