People v. Modesto
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feldman, J.), rendered May 9, 1997, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence, and (2) a resentence of the same court, imposed February 5, 1998.
Ordered that the judgment and the resentence are 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 beyond a reasonable doubt that the appellant was one of numerous gang members who perpetrated a vicious…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. AllahNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. CabeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. RamosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. LeachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002