Legal Opinion

People v. Morris

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

Decided September 22, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered December 10, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the first degree and two counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 18 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning identification.

The court properly exercised its discretion…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. RichardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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