People v. McGuire
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtMcCarthy, J.
This was a sexual abuse case without any forensic evidence or eyewitnesses other than defendant and the victim, relegating if to a contest of credibility. Because a different verdict would not have been unreasonable, we “must, like the trier of fact below, weigh the relative probative force of conflicting testimony and the relative strength of conflicting inferences that may be drawn from the testimony” (People v Romero, 7 NY3d 633, 643 [2006] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]), while giving great deference “to the fact-finder’s opportunity to view the witnesses, hear the…
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