Legal Opinion

People v. Williams

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

Decided May 1, 2003Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Caesar Cirigliano, J.), rendered July 27, 2000, convicting defendant of robbery in the first and second degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 10 and 7 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Issues of identification and credibility, including the weight to be given to inconsistencies in testimony and the victim’s initial inability to make an in-court identification, were properly considered by the jury and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. People v. . GaimariNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  4. People v. HernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. People v. RosalesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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