Legal Opinion

People v. Santana

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

Decided May 1, 2007Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard Lee Price, J.), rendered July 26, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of seven and two years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s credibility determinations (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). Defendant was properly convicted of first-degree assault on the theory he caused serious physical injury in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. MalloyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. People v. SantiNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. People v. FilacourisNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. People v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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