Legal Opinion

People v. Echevarria

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

Decided April 2, 2001PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feldman, J.), rendered October 3, 1990, convicting *471him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant claims that he is entitled to a new trial because the trial court denied his severance motion. We disagree. “It is well settled that severance motions are addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court * * * Severance is not required solely because of hostilities among the defendants, differences in their trial strategies, or…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. LeonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  2. People v. ApolinarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  2. People v. WatkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. People v. Ishi MoiseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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