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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

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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, Â§ 30.05.)