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People v. Black

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 10, 1995
214 A.D.2d 619 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

April 10, 1995

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Corrado, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

It is axiomatic that, as to the credibility of witnesses, the determination of the hearing court, which had the advantage of hearing and seeing the witnesses firsthand, is to be given great weight on appeal (see, People v Prochilo, 41 N.Y.2d 759) and should be upheld unless it is clearly unsupported by the record (see, People v Belli, 208 A.D.2d 640; People v Pegues, 208 A.D.2d 773; People v Catala, 198 A.D.2d 293, 294). We find that there is nothing in the record which supports the defendant's contention that the testimony of the police officers was incredible or patently tailored to nullify constitutional objections (see, People v Stanley, 191 A.D.2d 732; cf., People v Lewis, 195 A.D.2d 523, 524; People v Lebron, 184 A.D.2d 784, 787; Matter of Carl W., 174 A.D.2d 678, 679-680; People v Miret-Gonzalez, 159 A.D.2d 647, 649; People v Garafolo, 44 A.D.2d 86, 88). Balletta, J.P., Rosenblatt, Ritter and Altman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Black

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 10, 1995
214 A.D.2d 619 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

People v. Black

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VERNON BLACK, Also…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 10, 1995

Citations

214 A.D.2d 619 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
624 N.Y.S.2d 966

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