Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Schettino, Jr., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-11-16
Citations: 134 A.D.2d 465
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Schettino, Jr., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 465–465

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Schettino, Jr., Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kooper, J.), rendered May 21, 1985, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that that judgment is affirmed.
The court properly refused to charge, as part of the law on justification, that the defendant did not have a duty to retreat, as the crime took place outside of his apartment building in a place that was not a part of his dwelling as a matter of law (see, People v Collice, 41 NY2d 906; People u Childs, 21 AD2d 809). Mollen, P. J., Brown, Rubin and Spatt, JJ., concur.