Legal Opinion

People v. Usera

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

Decided November 26, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edward Davidowitz, J.), rendered February 26, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 15 years, to run consecutively with a prior term of 7 to 21 years, unanimously affirmed.

There being sufficient evidence of defendant’s accessorial liability to warrant submission of that theory to the jury, the court’s charge thereon was proper, notwithstanding that the indictment charged defendant only with acting alone (see, People v Rivera, 84 NY2d 766, 771; People v Perez, 194…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. DuncanNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. People v. PerezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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