Legal Opinion
People v. Santiago
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 6, 1993PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gerges, J.), rendered January 6, 1992, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The jury could reasonably have concluded that the defendant, knowing that his codefendant Juan Orengo was in possession of a handgun, actively encouraged Orengo to chase a third man into a bodega and to kill him. When Orengo exited from the bodega, the defendant fled the crime scene with him. The defendant was convicted, on an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. SkinnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. RaysideAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
3Cited by7 opinions
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- People v. OrenzoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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