Legal Opinion

People v. Villalona

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

Decided December 29, 2016No. 2545 3323/14PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy L. Kahn, J.), rendered September 11, 2015, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 6V2 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). The element of serious physical injury was established by the evidence that a knife wound caused an approximately six-inch-long keloid scar, mostly running from the back of the victim’s head to the left side of his…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  3. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  4. People v. AnonymousAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  5. People v. JenkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2023

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