Legal Opinion

People v. Cavines

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

Decided April 27, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chetta, J.), rendered May 14, 1984, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second 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, and assuming that the jury credited the prosecution’s witnesses and gave the prosecution’s evidence the full weight that might reasonably be accorded it, the evidence adduced was sufficient to support a finding that the gun at issue was operable beyond a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. People v. VidalNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
  3. People v. ReyesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

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