Legal Opinion

People v. Thomas

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

Decided October 19, 2016No. 2014-07791Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Braun, J.) rendered July 24, 2014, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

“Upon [a] defendant’s request, the Appellate Division must conduct a weight of the evidence review” and, thus, “a defendant will be given one appellate review of adverse factual findings”…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004

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