Legal Opinion
People v. Evans
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 1, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Linakis, J.), rendered June 19, 1985, convicting him of grand larceny in the third degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the circumstantial evidence adduced at the trial overwhelmingly established his guilt of the crimes charged and excluded to a moral certainty every reasonable hypothesis of innocence (see, People v Capella, 111 AD2d 179). The evidence shows that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. ScottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. SumterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. HamiltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. ResnickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. CheathamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- United States v. RodriguezDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008