Legal Opinion

People v. Sykes

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

Decided January 22, 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme *502Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J.), rendered April 22, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 44/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]), notwithstanding minor discrepancies in the accounts of the People’s witnesses. There…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. TurnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. People v. DaleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. FlowersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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