eBook details
- Title: Matter Robert Torsney
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 09, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
Description
In a tragic incident occurring on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, appellant Robert Torsney, a New York City police officer, shot and killed a 15-year-old Black youth. He was indicted and charged with second degree murder. At his trial, held in November, 1977, one year after the incident, Torsney interposed as a defense a lack of criminal responsibility for his conduct on the date of the crime charged stemming from a mental disease or defect diagnosed as psychomotor epilepsy. On November 30, 1977, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. (Penal Law, § 30.05.)