Legal Opinion

People v. Ayala

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

Decided October 29, 2014No. 2012-06740PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Aloise, J.), rendered June 6, 2012, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial ordered.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s identity as the perpetrator of the subject crimes beyond a reasonable doubt.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. DiTommasoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  2. People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  3. People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. People v. SamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2023

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