Legal Opinion

People v. Williams

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

Decided March 6, 1989PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lagaña, J.), rendered October 11, 1985, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the People failed" to produce legally sufficient evidence of his guilt in light of his defense of temporary innocent possession. However, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to support the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. . GaimariNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. People v. GarafoloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
  4. People v. ButlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  5. People v. ConnorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. GardnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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