Legal Opinion

People v. Lewis

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

Decided August 19, 1991PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldstein, J.), *886rendered April 18, 1989, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of 20 years to life imprisonment.

Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the term of imprisonment to 12 Vi years to life imprisonment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, we find that he was not deprived of a fair trial by the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. People v. MedinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. People v. LaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1982

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. People v. LoliscioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. CurrieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  3. People v. KirbyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  4. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. People v. CandelarioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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