People v. Royster
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Fisher, J.), rendered July 29, 1996, convicting him of murder in the secqnd degree and manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s legal sufficiency claim is unpreserved for ap*570pellate review because his motion for a trial order of dismissal was not specific (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10; People v Cannon, 224 AD2d 439; People v Pinder, 199 AD2d 544). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable…
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- People v. GrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. CannonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. PinderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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- People v. RoysterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000