Legal Opinion

People v. Pacheco

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 21, 1987PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grújales, J.), rendered July 15, 1986, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The circumstantial evidence adduced at trial was sufficient as a matter of law to support the defendant’s conviction of the crime charged (see, People v Pena, 50 NY2d 400, 407, rearg denied 51 NY2d 770, cert denied 449 US 1087). This court has stated that appellate review of the legal sufficiency of even a wholly circumstantial case requires only a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. GarafoloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
  3. People v. PenaNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. People v. BetancourtNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. People v. HigginsNew York Court of Appeals · 1959

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. RodriquezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. People v. StoneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. People v. MarloweAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. People v. AdamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. People v. AllenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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