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People v. Carter

Citations

  • 53 N.Y.2d 113
  • 423 N.E.2d 30
  • 440 N.Y.S.2d 607
  • 1981 N.Y. LEXIS 2449

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that rubber boots used to stomp upon a victim were dangerous instruments
  • “It is the temporary use rather than the inherent vice of the object which brings it within the purview of the statute”
  • rubber boot that caused the victim's head to hit the pavement with tremendous force constituted a dangerous instrument
  • hot coffee and lit cigarette used to injure the victim were \dangerous instruments\ for second-degree assault
  • hot coffee and lit cigarette used to injure the victim were \dangerous instruments\ for second-degree assault

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Judges: Jasen

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