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People v. Ramos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 7, 2001
284 A.D.2d 136 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

June 7, 2001.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Beeler, J.), rendered July 12, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees and attempted robbery in the first and second degrees, and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 8 years, 5 years, 5 years and 3 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Christopher Sanders, for respondent.

Abigail Everett, for defendant-appellant.

Before: Andrias, J.P., Lerner, Rubin, Buckley, Marlow, JJ.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490). There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury's determinations concerning credibility. Defendant's accessorial liability could be readily inferred from the totality of the evidence, including testimony that, during the course of the robbery, defendant engaged in behavior consistent with that of a lookout, exhorted her codefendant to quickly take the money, left the scene with the codefendant and, when apprehended, was in possession of money that appeared from the circumstances to be part of the proceeds and said to the codefendant, "See, I told you to hurry up," (cf. People v. Roldan, 88 N.Y.2d 826).

The challenged portions of the prosecutor's summation were responsive to defense counsel's summation, were fair comment on the evidence adduced at trial and did not deprive defendant of a fair trial (see, People v. Overlee, 236 A.D.2d 133, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 976; People v. D'Alessandro, 184 A.D.2d 114, 118-119, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 884).


Summaries of

People v. Ramos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 7, 2001
284 A.D.2d 136 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Ramos

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. MARIA RAMOS…

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

Date published: Jun 7, 2001

Citations

284 A.D.2d 136 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
726 N.Y.S.2d 36

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