Legal Opinion
People v. Coleman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 7, 1979PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered October 12, 1976, convicting him of three counts of attempted robbery in the first degree and one count of criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Reversal and a new trial is warranted in this case because of errors in the trial court’s instructions to the jury. The trial court failed to apprise the jury that the burden rested upon the People to prove every element of the offenses charged beyond…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. LaganaNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. NewmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. HernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. BurkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. AlvarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. McLeodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- People v. RoldosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. AndinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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