Legal Opinion

People v. James

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

Decided April 25, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Demarest, J.), rendered April 10, 2002, convicting him of murder in the second degree, assault in the third degree, and menacing in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*697Ordered 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 beyond a reasonable doubt, based upon an acting-in-concert theory (see People v Canty, 305…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. YoungNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. People v. CarrollAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  4. People v. SeaveyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  5. People v. CantyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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