Legal Opinion

People v. White

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

Decided November 26, 1984PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), rendered March 17,1982, convicting him of two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Defendant’s guilt was proven beyond a reasonable doubt (Jackson v Virginia, 443 US 307). While the prosecutrix went beyond the record in her summation, the court gave appropriate curative instructions. In any event, the error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of defendant’s guilt (People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230). Defendant’s…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1980

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. PratcherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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