People v. Spruill
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 County Court, Nassau County (Delin, J.), rendered October 16, 1987, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find no merit to the defendant’s contention that the prosecution failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because the evidence adduced to support his conviction was purely circumstantial. Inside the burglarized premises, the defendant’s fingerprint was found on a jewelry box, the contents of which had been stolen. Although the defendant…
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