Legal Opinion

People v. Hooks

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

Decided May 31, 1994PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered April 1, 1992, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re Minnie E.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. People v. BuonincontriAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API