Legal Opinion

People v. Brown

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

Decided December 14, 1999PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Barrett, J.), rendered February 28, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the jury’s determinations concerning identification.

The court properly refused to instruct the jury to disregard an unexpected in-court identification of defendant by an eyewitness who had been unable to positively identify him at a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. SpignerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. People v. ParksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. People v. McCorkleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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