Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Albeiro Valencia, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-06-17
Citations: 14 N.Y.3d 927
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Albeiro Valencia, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 927–934

Head Matter:
[932 NE2d 871, 906 NYS2d 515]
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Albeiro Valencia, Respondent.
Argued April 29, 2010;
decided June 17, 2010
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola (Judith R. Sternberg, Peter A. Weinstein and Tammy J. Smiley of counsel), for appellant.
Marianne Karas, Armonk, for respondent.
Richard D. Willstatter, New York City, Richard J. Barbuto and Stefani Goldin for New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and another, amici curiae.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed. There is insufficient evidence to support a conviction for depraved indifference assault. The trial evidence established only that defendant was extremely intoxicated and did not establish that he acted with the culpable mental state of depraved indifference.