Legal Opinion
People v. Colecchia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 2, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, *6Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered July 21, 1997, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of manslaughter in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of IV2 to 4V2 years, unanimously affirmed. The matter is remanded to Supreme Court, Bronx County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).
The verdict was based upon legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The trial court had ample basis upon which to reject defendant’s testimony and credit the testimony of the People’s witnesses. Contrary to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People v. Del-DebbioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. CoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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