People v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Defendant’s contention that the jury’s verdict should be overturned as against the weight of the evidence because the testimony of the state’s chief witness, the undercover detective, was “farfetched and inconsistent” is unsustainable. The evidence established that the observing officer had ample opportunity to view the transaction in question, and there is no basis for this Court to disturb the jury’s credibility determinations regarding that officer’s testimony.
Similarly, there is no basis to overturn Supreme Court’s grant of the prosecution’s Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) motion to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- People v. LouridoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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