People v. King
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan C. Sudolnik, J.), rendered February 7, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3V2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There was an extensive chain of circumstantial evidence, featuring the close similarity of defendant’s clothing to that of the person observed in the truck in question, as well as the close temporal and spatial factors, that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- People v. SanchezNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
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