Legal Opinion

People v. Harris

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

Decided March 21, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered August 11, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 8 years to life and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Contrary to defendant’s claim, the "moral certainty” standard of review is not available to an appellate court in deciding an insufficiency claim (People v Williams, 84 NY2d 925). Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. People v. AcostaNew York Court of Appeals · 1993

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. ShabazzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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