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People v. Arroyo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 3, 1997
238 A.D.2d 142 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

April 3, 1997


Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Tonetti, J.), rendered February 16, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and unlawful possession of marihuana, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant has not preserved his present challenges to portions of the court's charge which made reference to the jury's function in determining truth and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review them, we would find that the charge, taken as a whole, properly explained the People's burden of proving defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt ( see, People v. Brown, 220 A.D.2d 250, lv denied 87 N.Y.2d 898; People v. Pena, 196 A.D.2d 753, lv denied 82 N.Y.2d 900).

Concur — Rosenberger, J.P., Rubin, Williams and Andrias, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Arroyo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 3, 1997
238 A.D.2d 142 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Arroyo

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. THOMAS ARROYO…

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

Date published: Apr 3, 1997

Citations

238 A.D.2d 142 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
655 N.Y.S.2d 947