Legal Opinion
People v. Tsotselashvili
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 21, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chetta, J.), rendered March 20, 1986, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
*760Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
The evidence adduced at trial establishes that on April 18, 1985, the defendant and a companion named Sam, entered the back seat of a taxicab in Queens. Sam informed the driver that he wished to go to Long Island but needed to make several stops along the way. Sam…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- People v. SanchezNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. YazumNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- People v. MosesNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. FinkNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. AlexanderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. LivingstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. MarsalisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. TaxiarhopoulosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. AlexanderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989