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People v. Salinas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 13, 2005
24 A.D.3d 217 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

7342.

December 13, 2005.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey M. Atlas, J.), rendered August 15, 2002, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 22 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Friedman, Sullivan and Williams, JJ., concur.


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the court's evaluation of conflicting expert testimony. The record supports the court's detailed factual findings, in which it rejected defendant's extreme emotional disturbance defense ( see generally People v. Roche, 98 NY2d 70).

The court properly determined that there was no good cause for appointment of new counsel ( see People v. Sides, 75 NY2d 822).

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.


Summaries of

People v. Salinas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 13, 2005
24 A.D.3d 217 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

People v. Salinas

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FRANCISCO SALINAS…

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

Date published: Dec 13, 2005

Citations

24 A.D.3d 217 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
804 N.Y.S.2d 921