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People v. Coombs

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jun 2, 1989
151 A.D.2d 1002 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

June 2, 1989

Appeal from the Ontario County Court, Reed, J.

Present — Dillon, P.J., Callahan, Balio, Lawton and Davis, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Viewed in the light most favorable to the People, the evidence of defendant's accessorial conduct is legally sufficient to support her conviction (see, Penal Law § 20.00; People v. Ford, 66 N.Y.2d 428). Her knowing participation in the criminal activity provided a reasonable basis from which the jury could infer that she acted with the requisite mental culpability (see, People v. McClary, 138 A.D.2d 413; cf., People v. Letizia, 122 A.D.2d 555, lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 814). We also find that the testimony of the accomplices is sufficiently corroborated by the testimony of nonaccomplice witnesses and by defendant's written confession, which was received in evidence (see, CPL 60.22; People v. Moses, 63 N.Y.2d 299). Finally, both the Sandoval ruling and the court's instructions to the jury were proper.


Summaries of

People v. Coombs

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jun 2, 1989
151 A.D.2d 1002 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Coombs

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ONLEE COOMBS, Appellant

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

Date published: Jun 2, 1989

Citations

151 A.D.2d 1002 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)