People v. Lewis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lagaña, J.), rendered December 19, 1990, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidenced adduced at trial in a light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt. Significantly, an eyewitness to the attack largely corroborated the defendant’s pre-trial statements to police that the victim was fatally stabbed in the course…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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- People v. GarafoloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- People v. DeGinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
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