People v. White
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered November 12, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was not entitled to a circumstantial charge since, given testimony of a police officer present at the crime scene that he observed defendant, among other things, attempting to pry open a door, the People’s case did not rest on circumstantial evidence alone (see, People v Ruiz, 52 NY2d 929; People v Richardson,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. RuizNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. RichardsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992