Legal Opinion

People v. Swinton

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

Decided January 27, 1994PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Mikoll, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Monserrate, J.), rendered November 22, 1991 in Broome County, upon a *893verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

The issues raised by this appeal are (1) whether there was sufficient legal evidence to establish defendant’s guilt of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, (2) whether the testimony of Kerry L. Wood, a codefendant, was sufficiently corroborated, and (3) whether Supreme Court erred in failing to give a missing witness charge.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. ManiniNew York Court of Appeals · 1992

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. TownsleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. People v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  3. People v. HernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. People v. RoseboroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. People v. YoungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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