Legal Opinion

People v. Diaz

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

Decided March 10, 1986PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lonschein, J.), rendered August 10, 1982, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence of 8 Vs to 25 years’ imprisonment.

Judgment modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence imposed from 8Vs to 25 years to 5 to 15 years’ imprisonment. As so modified, judgment affirmed.

Although a police report containing the complainant’s description of his assailant, which description the defendant alleges is markedly different from his actual…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. United States v. GraysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Johnson v. LutzNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  5. People v. De JesusNew York Court of Appeals · 1977

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. SanchezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. People v. TorrienteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  3. People v. BoswellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. People v. TrojanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. People v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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