Legal Opinion

People v. Sterling

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

Decided June 13, 1988Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lombardo, J.), rendered January 4, 1984, convicting him of murder in the second degree and burglary in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Although defendant argues, inter alia, that the court erred in crediting the testimony of the police witnesses over the various members of the defendant’s family who appeared on his behalf, we perceive no basis in the record before us to *682disturb the hearing court’s determination and assessment of credibility (see,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. ArmsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  2. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  3. People v. DoveAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  4. People v. RoseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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