Legal Opinion

People v. Tucker

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 22, 1981PublishedCited by 547 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*4OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Cooke.

When there is a claim that repugnant jury verdicts have been rendered in response to a multiple-count indictment, a verdict as to a particular count shall be set aside only when it is inherently inconsistent when viewed in light of the elements of each crime as charged to the jury. Review of the entire record in an attempt to divine the jury’s collective mental process of weighing the evidence is inappropriate.

Defendant was convicted on two counts of robbery and one count of possession of a loaded handgun. He was acquitted on two other counts of robbery.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. People v. ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. People v. BerkowitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. People v. BullisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968

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3Cited by547 opinions

  1. People v. AlfaroNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. People v. RayamNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. People v. GoodfriendNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. Barry v. ManglassNew York Court of Appeals · 1981

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