Legal Opinion

People v. Pearson

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

Decided February 29, 1988Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Greenberg, J.), rendered May 9, 1985, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The People established a prima facie case against the defendant on the count of robbery in the second degree. Accordingly, the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s motion for a trial order of dismissal was proper (see, CPL 290.10 [1]; People v Levine, 106 AD2d 471). Moreover, it was not error for the trial court to exclude the self-serving hearsay…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. LevineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

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