Legal Opinion
People v. Vasquez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 10, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ivan Warner, J.), rendered January 16, 1990, convicting defendant of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 12 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant and an accomplice robbed the owners of a bodega at gunpoint. Defendant, who had patronized the store in the past, was known to the victims. Defendant argues that the trial court diminished the proper burden of proof by charging the jury that identity must be established "with sufficient certainty to preclude a reasonable possibility of a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- People v. VelezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. ReyesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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