Legal Opinion

People v. Fonfrias

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

Decided May 31, 1994PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Egitto, J.), rendered November 8, 1991, convicting bim of murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a *737matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant’s contention that the prosecution’s witnesses were incredible as a matter of law, and that their testimony was legally insufficient…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. People v. SettlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. People v. BynumNew York Court of Appeals · 1987

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Morales v. PortuondoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
  2. People v. DeaconAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. People v. DavidsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. People v. SeeleyNew York Supreme Court · 2000
  5. People v. CampneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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