Legal Opinion

People v. Walker

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

Decided May 2, 2013Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert G. Seewald, J.), rendered June 16, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]). The People’s fingerprint expert testified in detail about the basis for her conclusion that defendant’s fingerprint matched a latent print, and there is no basis for disturbing the jury’s acceptance of that testimony. The latent…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. People v. TexeiraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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