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People v. Reyes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 28, 1979
71 A.D.2d 1034 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)

Opinion

September 28, 1979


Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 25, 1978, convicting him of burglary in the third degree and petit larceny, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. Only one of defendant's arguments merits discussion. He claims that the court's charge to the jury that it may rely on "the presumption that a person intends the natural and probable consequences of his act" violated the rule set forth in Sandstrom v. Montana ( 442 U.S. 510), in that it relieved the People of the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt intent to commit a crime, an element of burglary in the third degree. Under the circumstances of this case we find the error to be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v. Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230). The defendant's guilt was overwhelmingly established. Lazer, J.P., Gulotta, Cohalan and Martuscello, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Reyes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 28, 1979
71 A.D.2d 1034 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)
Case details for

People v. Reyes

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EUGENIO REYES…

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

Date published: Sep 28, 1979

Citations

71 A.D.2d 1034 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)

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