Legal Opinion

People v. Green

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

Decided June 30, 1986PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Egitto, J.), rendered November 10, 1982, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

A jury verdict against a defendant must be affirmed if, " 'after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt’ ” (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621, quoting from Jackson v Virginia, 443 US 307, 319). At the trial, Miguel Pena, a grocery store…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. SchwartzmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
  4. People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. People v. BishopAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Tony Velasquez v. Arthur A. Leonardo, Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  2. People v. VelasquezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. People v. NicholsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  4. People v. RamosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  5. People v. BrownNew York Supreme Court · 1989

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