Legal Opinion

People v. Davis

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

Decided November 26, 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), rendered July 2, 1986, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, and burglary in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Upon our review of the record we conclude as there is no significant probability that the jury would have acquitted the defendant if the gun had not been admitted into evidence. Accordingly, any error surrounding its admission was harmless (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230, 242).

The defendant’s claim that he was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. People v. MoralesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. BassAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  2. People v. SimpsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  3. People v. KellerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  4. People v. PulusoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. People v. FeroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

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