Legal Opinion
People v. Zarif
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 31, 2002PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered March 9, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 22 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Defendant’s confession was properly corroborated, as required by CPL 60.50. That statute is satisfied “by the production of some proof, of whatever weight, that a crime was committed by someone” (People v Daniels, 37 NY2d 624, 629). Here, the circumstances of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. DanielsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. LipskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. BinkleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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- People v. KokiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- People v. WilmoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- People v. RestoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
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