28 Cited authorities

Jackson v. Virginia
443 U.S. 307 (1979) Cited 77,591 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"
State v. Danielson
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 9814 (N.Y. 2007) Cited 9,451 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding a "legally sufficient verdict can be against the weight of the evidence"
State v. Henderson
208 N.J. 208 (N.J. 2011) Cited 703 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding a jury instruction on cross-racial identification should be given whenever cross-racial identification is in issue at trial
People v. Sandoval
34 N.Y.2d 371 (N.Y. 1974) Cited 2,458 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the trial court must balance the "probative worth of evidence of prior specific criminal, vicious or immoral acts on the issue of the defendant's credibility on the one hand, and on the other the risk of unfair prejudice to the defendant"
People v. Rosario
9 N.Y.2d 286 (N.Y. 1961) Cited 1,651 times
Holding that trial court erred by failing to compel prosecution to turn over witnesses' prior statements relating to their trial testimony
People v. Rayam
94 N.Y.2d 557 (N.Y. 2000) Cited 328 times
Argued February 15, 2000 Decided April 11, 2000. Jeffrey I. Richman, and M. Sue Wycoff for appellant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Hilary Hassler and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent. LEVINE, J. Based on events that allegedly occurred at the complaining witness's apartment over a 13-hour period from the evening of February 27 to the morning of February 28, 1995, defendant was indicted on single counts of burglary in the first degree and kidnaping
People v. Concepcion
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 5110 (N.Y. 2011) Cited 224 times
Noting that New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 470.15 bars the Appellate Division "from affirming a judgment, sentence or order on a ground not decided adversely to the appellant by the trial court"
People v. Martinez
71 N.Y.2d 937 (N.Y. 1988) Cited 372 times
Authorizing appropriate sanctions for the failure to preserve witness statements
People v. Kelly
62 N.Y.2d 516 (N.Y. 1984) Cited 299 times
Applying New York rule, which parallels federal rule; concluding that dismissal was an abuse of discretion where adverse inference instruction would have adequately remedied prejudice caused by government's destruction of evidence
People v. Brown
80 N.Y.2d 729 (N.Y. 1993) Cited 200 times
Holding that "spontaneous descriptions of events made substantially contemporaneously with the observations are admissible if the descriptions are sufficiently corroborated by other evidence"

The People, Respondent,v.Christopher Martinez, Appellant.

28 Cited authorities

Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"

Holding a "legally sufficient verdict can be against the weight of the evidence"

Holding a jury instruction on cross-racial identification should be given whenever cross-racial identification is in issue at trial

Holding that the trial court must balance the "probative worth of evidence of prior specific criminal, vicious or immoral acts on the issue of the defendant's credibility on the one hand, and on the other the risk of unfair prejudice to the defendant"

Holding that trial court erred by failing to compel prosecution to turn over witnesses' prior statements relating to their trial testimony

Noting that New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 470.15 bars the Appellate Division "from affirming a judgment, sentence or order on a ground not decided adversely to the appellant by the trial court"

Authorizing appropriate sanctions for the failure to preserve witness statements

Applying New York rule, which parallels federal rule; concluding that dismissal was an abuse of discretion where adverse inference instruction would have adequately remedied prejudice caused by government's destruction of evidence

Holding that "spontaneous descriptions of events made substantially contemporaneously with the observations are admissible if the descriptions are sufficiently corroborated by other evidence"