Legal Opinion

People v. Iglesias

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

Decided January 31, 2008Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered October 5, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of five years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning identification. Each of the two identifying witnesses had an extensive opportunity to observe defendant at the time of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982

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