Legal Opinion

People v. Handy

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

Decided September 22, 1986PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Heller, J.), rendered September 13, 1984, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the *399prosecution, as we are required to do (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932), and assuming that the jury credited the People’s witnesses and afforded their testimony the full weight which might reasonably be accorded to it…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. MaliziaNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. People v. BenzingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1974

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. CunninghamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. People v. TurnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  3. People v. McClaininAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. People v. BuckleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  5. People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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