Legal Opinion

People v. Martin

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

Decided December 11, 1995PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.), rendered November 14, 1994, convicting him of resisting arrest, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

At trial, the People presented evidence that, early in the evening of January 8, 1994, on a Brooklyn street corner, three plain-clothes police officers with the Street Crime Unit, saw the defendant in possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The defendant was engaged in an argument with some bystanders. The officers attempted to arrest the defendant and a struggle…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. BynumNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. People v. GomezNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1969

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. MitchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. People v. MohamadouCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1999
  3. People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. LowmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  5. People v. VentoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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