17 New York opinions name it 3 courts 1982–2025 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by New York courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
People v. Wattsgreen2 sentences2025"Only when there is ' no reasonable view of the evidence [that] would support a finding of the tendered defense [is] the court' relieved of its 'obligation to submit the question to the jury' " ( J.L. , 36 NY3d at 119 [emphasis in original], quoting People v Watts , 57 NY2d 299, 301 [1982]). 2025"Only when there is ' no reasonable view of the evidence [that] would support a finding of the tendered defense [is] the court' relieved of its 'obligation to submit the question to the jury' " ( J.L. , 36 NY3d at 119 [emphasis in original], quoting People v Watts , 57 NY2d 299, 301 [1982]). | 4 | 14 |
People v. Banksgreen1 sentence2022Viewing the evidence adduced at trial in the light most favorable to defendant, as we must (see People v Banks, 76 NY2d 799, 800 [1990]), we conclude that “‘no reasonable view of the evidence would support a finding of the tendered defense’” of temporary and -4- -5- No. 100 lawful possession and, thus, County Court was “‘under no obligation to submit the question to the jury’” (People v Williams, 36 NY3d 156 , 160 [2020], quoting People v Watts, 57 NY2d 299, 301 [1982]). | 1 | 1 |
People v. La Pellagreen1 sentence2020This Court has long held that criminal possession of a weapon, as proscribed by the Penal Law, “‘should not be construed to mean a possession . . . which might result temporarily and incidentally from the performance of some lawful act’” (People v LaPella, 272 NY 81, 83 [1936], quoting People v Persce, 204 NY 397, 402 [1912]). | 1 | 1 |
People v. . Perscegreen1 sentence2020This Court has long held that criminal possession of a weapon, as proscribed by the Penal Law, “‘should not be construed to mean a possession . . . which might result temporarily and incidentally from the performance of some lawful act’” (People v LaPella, 272 NY 81, 83 [1936], quoting People v Persce, 204 NY 397, 402 [1912]). | 1 | 1 |
Presbyterian Hospital v. Maryland Casualty Co.green1 sentence2006Co., supra, 90 NY2d at 285-286 [“The tradeoff of the no-fault reform still allows carriers to contest ill-founded, illegitimate and fraudulent claims, but within a strict, short-leashed contestable period and process designed to avoid prejudice and red-tape dilatory practices. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in New York. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
People v. McKenzie
green
2 sentences2025Thus, a requested charge "must be given if there is evidence reasonably supportive of the defense, even if there is other evidence which, if credited, would negate it" ( McKenzie , 19 NY3d at 466 ). 2025Thus, a requested charge "must be given if there is evidence reasonably supportive of the defense, even if there is other evidence which, if credited, would negate it" ( McKenzie , 19 NY3d at 466 ). | 1 | 2025–2025 |
People v. Sackey-El
green
1 sentence2018"Justification is not a defense to criminal possession of a weapon" ( People v Sackey-El , 149 AD3d at 1105 ). | 1 | 2018–2018 |
People v. Reynoso
green
1 sentence1997Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to defendant (see, People v Reynoso, 73 NY2d 816 ), we conclude that the court properly declined to charge justification. "[W]hen no reasonable view of the evidence would support a finding of the tendered defense, the court is under no obligation to submit the question to the jury” (People v Watts, 57 NY2d 299, 301 ; see, People v Collice, 41 NY2d 906 ). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
People v. Brown
green
1 sentence1993Defendant’s generalized and unspecific testimony that he had seen correction officers beat inmates fails, as a matter of law, to justify a necessity defense (Penal Law § 35.05 [2]) because he participated in and aggravated the escalating crisis (see, People v Torres, 103 AD2d 972 ; People v Brown, 68 AD2d 503, 511-512 ). | 1 | 1993–1993 |
People v. Torres
green
1 sentence1993Defendant’s generalized and unspecific testimony that he had seen correction officers beat inmates fails, as a matter of law, to justify a necessity defense (Penal Law § 35.05 [2]) because he participated in and aggravated the escalating crisis (see, People v Torres, 103 AD2d 972 ; People v Brown, 68 AD2d 503, 511-512 ). | 1 | 1993–1993 |
Riggs v. . Palmer
green
1 sentence1982The principle in Riggs v Palmer ( 115 NY 506 ), would appear to cover and reject the carrier’s instant tendered defense. | 1 | 1982–1982 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.