People v. Roldan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wallach, J.
Circumstances, as lawyers and Judges are wont to say, alter cases. In that sense, all cases have circumstances. But that does not mean that they all thereby become circumstantial evidence cases, and this one, a knifepoint robbery in the subway system, is clearly not of that genre.
We are all in agreement that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the People, was sufficient to support defendant’s convictions for these robberies (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932) upon the theory that he acted as an accomplice to Craig Biggers, the…
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- People v. RuizNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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