People v. Santana
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J.), rendered August 7, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree and jostling, and sentencing him to concurrent prison terms of lVs to 4 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Given the jury’s credibility determinations, which we see no reason to disturb, there was ample evidence from which the jury could infer that defendant removed the victim’s wallet from her handbag and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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