Legal Opinion

People v. Jackson

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

Decided November 5, 1992Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Elbert C. Hinkson, J.), rendered May 18, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 8 to 16 years, unanimously affirmed.

Questions raised by the discrepancies between the complainant’s original physical description of defendant and his actual appearance at trial were minor and were for the jury to resolve (see, People v Carini, 139 AD2d 753, lv denied 72 NY2d 916). Defendant’s claim that the testimony of a police detective improperly bolstered the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. MalloyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. People v. MilburnNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
  3. People v. CariniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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