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People v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 11, 2003
303 A.D.2d 198 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

415

March 11, 2003.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered December 4, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree and assault in the third degree, and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Andrew N. Sacher, for respondent.

Sara Bennett, for defendant-appellant.

Before: Saxe, J.P., Sullivan, Ellerin, Lerner, Gonzalez, JJ.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility. The evidence warranted the inference that when defendant entered the victim's apartment, she did so with intent to commit a crime (see People v. Barnes, 50 N.Y.2d 375). Minutes after an altercation between the victim and defendant's mother, an angry mob, of which defendant was an active participant, forcibly entered the apartment, confronted the victim about the prior incident, and immediately began to assault her and ransack her apartment.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 11, 2003
303 A.D.2d 198 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

People v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HELEN SMITH…

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

Date published: Mar 11, 2003

Citations

303 A.D.2d 198 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
756 N.Y.S.2d 546