Legal Opinion

People v. Benoit

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

Decided April 17, 2007Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd G. Goodman, J), rendered December 12, 2005, convicting defendants, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing defendant Benoit to a term of 6V2 years, and sentencing defendant Wilkinson to a term of four years, unanimously affirmed.

*337The verdict as to each defendant was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). Defendants’ acquittal of robbery in the first degree does not warrant a different conclusion (see People v Ray am, 94 NY2d 557…

2Cases cited11 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. ChippNew York Court of Appeals · 1990

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