Legal Opinion

People v. Dixon

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

Decided June 2, 2005PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Caesar D. Cirigliano, J.), rendered February 11, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of arson in the second degree (two counts) and arson in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s evaluation of expert testimony. Contrary to defendant’s argument, the evidence established that defendant damaged his prison cell by…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. People v. AlmodovarNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Alomari v. PietruszkaNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. People v. HarrisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. PonderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. People v. BeechamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. Dixon v. McGinnisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2007
  4. People v. GomezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. People ex rel. Dixon v. D. RockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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