Legal Opinion
People v. Baxter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 28, 2005PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (West, J.), rendered July 10, 2002, convicting him of murder in the second degree (12 counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of 12 *672counts of murder in the second degree. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. SmocumNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
- People v. JamesNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- People v. BaxterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007