Legal Opinion
People v. Griffin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 7, 1991PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Covington, J.), rendered June 23, 1989, convicting defendant after jury trial of robbery in the first degree and sentencing him to two-and-a-half to seven-and-a-half years imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant’s alibi evidence was equivocal enough to warrant its rejection by the jury, and it cannot be sustained as a matter of law in this Court. Nor does the treatment of the alibi testimony in the prosecutor’s summation warrant reversal. Prior familiarity with the neighborhood where a crime has occurred cannot be equated with a juror’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. HuertasNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. MartinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. SuraciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. GuerraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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