Legal Opinion
People v. Torres
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 17, 1985PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Naro, J.), rendered April 10, 1981, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
On July 18, 1979, at approximately 2:30 a.m., complainants’ apartment was burglarized. Both complainants viewed the perpetrator for less than 30 seconds in an apartment illuminated only by streetlights. They then saw the perpetrator for an additional few seconds, through the slats of the second floor…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. DawsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. SavageNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. VictorNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. McFaddenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
3Cited by21 opinions
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- People v. OrtizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. CollinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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