People v. Schachter

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sullivan, J.

This appeal presents the issue of whether, in a case where the evidence is entirely circumstantial, the trial court’s refusal to give a full circumstantial evidence charge requires reversal. Defendant limits this charging error argument to the substantive offenses of which he was convicted, i.e., attempted intimidating a victim or witness in the first degree, criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), attempted burglary in the second degree, attempted assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance…