Legal Opinion
People v. Gavins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 3, 1986PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Golden, J.), rendered January 31, 1983, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The standard for reviewing the legal sufficiency of evidence in a criminal case is whether, after viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620). In the instant case, a rational trier of fact could certainly…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- People v. GrossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
3Cited by11 opinions
- People v. RawlingsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. ValeroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. GibbsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. GomezgilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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