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People v. Adams

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 17, 1987
69 N.Y.2d 805 (N.Y. 1987)

Opinion

Argued January 15, 1987

Decided February 17, 1987

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Dorothy A. Cropper, J.

Richard Joselson, David A. Crow and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Sylvia Wertheimer and Amyjane Rettew of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant complains that the trial court erred in charging the jury with respect to circumstantial evidence that some of the facts could be proved with less assurance than others. Although the language isolated by defendant was one of the bases for reversal in People v Ford ( 66 N.Y.2d 428, 443), the charge as a whole adequately conveyed to the jury the appropriate standards (People v Ford, supra).

Defendant's remaining contentions are not preserved for our review.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Adams

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 17, 1987
69 N.Y.2d 805 (N.Y. 1987)
Case details for

People v. Adams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TONY ADAMS, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 17, 1987

Citations

69 N.Y.2d 805 (N.Y. 1987)

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