Legal Opinion

People v. Shamsiddeen

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

Decided August 22, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Hayes, J.), rendered February 22, 2010, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the verdict was repugnant because the jury found him guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree under Penal Law § 265.03 (1) (b) while acquitting him of murder in the second degree under Penal Law § 125.25 (1) is unpreserved for appellate review, as he failed to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998

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