Legal Opinion

People v. Richards

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

Decided October 23, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Brill, J.), rendered January 6, 1994, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant, who was charged with several crimes on an "acting in concert” basis, was not prejudiced by the court’s instruction to the jurors that they could find him guilty even if they did not believe that there was a second perpetrator (see, People v Rivera, 84 NY2d 766; People v Gaskin, 184…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. People v. GaskinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. WatrousAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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