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People v. Cobb

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 18, 1988
139 A.D.2d 661 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

Opinion

April 18, 1988

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


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The evidence adduced by the prosecution establishes that on December 18, 1985, at approximately 6:15 P.M., the defendant knowingly entered the victim's residence with intent to commit a crime therein, and thereupon forcibly stole property from the victim at gunpoint. The evidence further establishes that the defendant intentionally beat the victim with his handgun when she resisted the robbery, causing physical injury.

The defendant does not now contend that the evidence was legally insufficient as to any particular element of the various crimes of which he stands convicted. Rather, the principal argument advanced on appeal is that the victim's identification of him as the perpetrator of these crimes is unreliable, so that his guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt as a matter of fact. Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15). The victim's identification testimony is most convincing, and the jury was fully warranted in concluding that no reasonable doubt existed as to the defendant's guilt.

The defendant's request for a waiver of the mandatory surcharge is premature (see, People v. Bethea, 133 A.D.2d 836, lv denied 70 N.Y.2d 929; People v. West, 124 Misc.2d 622). Bracken, J.P., Lawrence, Rubin and Kooper, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Cobb

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 18, 1988
139 A.D.2d 661 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)
Case details for

People v. Cobb

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JEFFREY COBB, Appellant

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

Date published: Apr 18, 1988

Citations

139 A.D.2d 661 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

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