People v. Youngblood
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Torres, J.), rendered September 11, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to consecutive terms of 12V2 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.
*334The verdict was based on sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]).
Contrary to defendant’s argument, the use of the less than optimally specific term “knife” in the indictment to describe the deadly weapon allegedly utilized by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. SingletonNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. DelacruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
3Cited by1 opinion
- Youngblood v. BrownDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006