Legal Opinion

People v. Olivo

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

Decided November 21, 2005PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ruchelsman, J.), rendered June 13, 2001, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the court committed reversible error in declining to instruct the jury on the inherent weakness of evidence of flight (see People v Bennett, 79 NY2d 464, 470 [1992]; People v Yazum, 13 NY2d 302, 304 [1963]). We disagree. In…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. MedinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. YazumNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
  4. People v. BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. People v. JosephAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. CromwellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. People v. Parker-DavidsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. People v. BowenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. People v. HudsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. People v. DunnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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