Legal Opinion
People v. Sims
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 10, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered April 26, 1993, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The evidence was legally sufficient and the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). Defendant’s contentions that the prosecution intimated during cross-examination of defendant and in remarks on summation that defendant tailored his testimony after hearing…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. MirendaNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. WirtsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. CunninghamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
3Cited by4 opinions
- Ray Agard v. Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent of Fishkill Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- People v. CoboAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. SingletonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Ray Agard v. Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent of Fishkill Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997