Legal Opinion

People v. Sweeper

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

Decided March 4, 2010Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J., at hearing; William A. Wetzel, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered August 4, 2008, convicting defendant of robbery in the first degree and petit larceny, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility. The credible…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  5. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998

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