People v. Hobot

Lawrence, J.,

dissents and votes to reverse the order, to grant the motion to vacate the judgment of conviction, to order a new trial, and to dismiss as academic the appeal from the judgment on the ground that the judgment has been vacated, in the following memorandum, with which Rosenblatt, J., concurs. I agree with my colleagues in the majority, giving the jury’s verdict the "great deference” that we, upon appellate review, must, that the verdict in this case is not against the weight of the credible evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). However, in my view the defendant is…