People v. Beckett

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Beckett

197 A.D.2d 450, 604 N.Y.S.2d 705, 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9796

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided October 21, 1993·Published·Cited by 1 cases

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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered December 23, 1991, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the [451]*451prosecution and giving it the benefit of every reasonable inference (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932), we find that the evidence was sufficient as a matter of law to support the verdict (see, People v Concepcion, 38 NY2d 211, 213). Moreover, upon an independent review of the facts giving deference to the trial court’s determinations of credibility (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495), we perceive no basis for disturbing a decision that credits the complainant’s account of the events in question. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Carro, Ellerin, Kassal and Rubin, JJ.

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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered December 23, 1991, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the [451]*451prosecution and giving it the benefit of every reasonable inference (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932), we find that the evidence was sufficient as a matter of law to support the verdict (see, People v Concepcion, 38 NY2d 211, 213). Moreover, upon an independent review of the facts giving deference to the trial court’s determinations of credibility (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495), we perceive no basis for disturbing a decision that credits the complainant’s account of the events in question. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Carro, Ellerin, Kassal and Rubin, JJ.

People v. Beckett, 197 A.D.2d 450, 604 N.Y.S.2d 705, 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9796 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1993).

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