Legal Opinion

People v. Dinca

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

Decided September 29, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenzweig, J.), rendered September 5, 1995, convicting him of reckless endangerment in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence because only one witness identified him as the perpetrator. In addition, he contends, it was likely he was misidentified since the perpetrator had been described as a dark-eyed Middle-Eastern man, whereas he had green eyes and was from Romania. However,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. . GaimariNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. People v. GarafoloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
  3. People v. GruttolaNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. People v. PriceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  5. People v. CooperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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