People v. Gibson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*454Viewing the evidence adduced at trial in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to support the convictions. Further, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (CPL 470.15 [5]). The People effectively discredited the weak psychiatric testimony introduced at the trial by the defendant to the effect that the defendant intended only to achieve his own demise and the defendant’s expert admitted that ascertaining what was in the mind of an…
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