Legal Opinion
People v. Patterson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 16, 1980PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 28, 1977, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, burglary in the second degree and petit larceny, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. The trial court’s equation, in its charge to the jury, of a reasonable doubt with a doubt to a moral certainty, to which no exception was taken, was improper (People v Forest, 50 AD2d 260, 262). However, when taken as a whole (People v Fitzgerald, 26 AD2d 712, 713), the charge did properly define the concept of reasonable doubt for the jury;…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. ForestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- People v. FitzgeraldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. OrtizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. LoveAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. FisherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. LyngAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. DeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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