Legal Opinion

People v. Watts

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

Decided March 10, 1986PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered April 10, 1981, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

We find that at the joint trial of three perpetrators, the court properly admitted into evidence a reference to a code*672fendant’s possession of a revolver at the time of the arrest of the three. This evidence was relevant to the acting in concert element of the robbery charge, to the jury’s assessment of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. People v. GinesNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. People v. LopezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. HudsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. People v. StimusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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