Legal Opinion

People v. Cannon

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

Decided February 20, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.), rendered January 20, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of kidnapping in the second degree and robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court properly denied severance because there was no showing that the core of the defenses, each of which claimed *295misidentification, were in irreconcilable conflict (People v Mahboubian, 74 NY2d 174; People v Dillon, 201 AD2d 265, lv denied 83 NY2d 966). The court’s…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. MahboubianNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. People v. FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1991

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