Legal Opinion
People v. Thornton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 16, 1990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered January 5, 1988, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In this single-eyewitness identification case, the complainant testified in detail and he was subjected to extensive cross-examination. Resolution of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- People v. BlackmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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