Legal Opinion

People v. Vaughn

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

Decided September 16, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered February 9, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was supported by legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We find no merit to defendant’s argument that his acquittal of criminal sale of a controlled substance necessarily undermines the sufficiency or weight of the evidence supporting his conviction of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. GloverNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. People v. HernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. LaboyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. People v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. People v. DunbarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  4. People v. OliveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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