Legal Opinion
People v. Staton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 27, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Blumenfeld, J.), rendered May 23, 1994, convicting him of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth 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 of the crime of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. ColavitoNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. ColavitoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. Dell'OrfanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. DegraffenreidtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People ex rel. Staton v. YelichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- People v. StatonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000