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People v. Sanchez

Citations

  • 777 N.E.2d 204
  • 98 N.Y.2d 373
  • 748 N.Y.S.2d 312
  • 2002 N.Y. LEXIS 2233

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming depraved-indifference conviction where “a jury reasonably could have found that defendant’s homicidal level of mental culpability was reckless rather than intentional”
  • “[T]he crux of murder under Penal Law § 125.25(2) is recklessness exaggerated by indifference to the circumstances objectively demonstrating the enormity of the risk of death from the defendant’s conduct.”
  • “[T]he crux of murder under Penal Law § 125.25(2) is recklessness exaggerated by indifference to the circumstances objectively demonstrating the enormity of the risk of death from the defendant’s conduct.”

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Judges: Levine, Rosenblatt, Ciparick

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