{"id":757,"date":"2012-05-01T12:21:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T16:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/?p=757"},"modified":"2012-05-01T13:17:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:17:33","slug":"people-v-goetz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/people-v-goetz\/","title":{"rendered":"People v. Goetz, 68 NY 2d 96 (1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Case Name: <\/strong>People v. Goetz<br \/>\n<strong>Citation: <\/strong>68 NY 2d 96 (1986)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts: <\/strong>Goetz was indicted on attempted murder, assault, and other charges for having shot and wounded four youths on a New York City subway train. The youths had approached Goetz and asked him for $5. Goetz had previously been mugged on the subway and believed these youths were going to mug him. The defendant then shot all four of the youths from left to right with his unlicensed pistol. The fifth bullet in the gun he used on one of the boys who \u201cseem[ed] to be all right\u201d so Goetz gave him \u201canother.\u201d None of the youths died but the boy who was shot twice was left paralyzed and with brain damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State\u2019s argument: <\/strong>In evaluating the defendant\u2019s self defense claim, the question is whether the defendant\u2019s conduct was that of a reasonable man in the defendant\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defendant\u2019s argument: <\/strong>The use of the phrase \u201creasonably believes\u201d in the penal code means that the analysis is from the point of view of the defendant and whether <em>he<\/em> reasonably believed he needed to act in self defense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holding: <\/strong>The state\u2019s reading of the statute is proper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reasoning: <\/strong>The use of the word \u201creasonable\u201d before belief shows that the drafters wanted to adopt an objective standard. 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