17 Cited authorities

  1. State v. Danielson

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 9814 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 9,462 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "legally sufficient verdict can be against the weight of the evidence"
  2. People v. Mahboubian

    74 N.Y.2d 174 (N.Y. 1989)   Cited 557 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Finding prejudice where defendants's defenses "were not only antagonistic but also mutually exclusive and irreconcilable" and "[t]he jury could not have credited both defenses"
  3. People v. Bracey

    41 N.Y.2d 296 (N.Y. 1977)   Cited 561 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Noting that the case "poses an unusual problem . . . [because in] most attempt cases, the defendant's actual intent or purpose is not in issue and the only questions are whether he committed an overt act that went beyond the stage of mere preparation"
  4. People v. Barnes

    50 N.Y.2d 375 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 443 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the relevant "moral certainty" standard "does not apply to a situation where, as here, both direct and circumstantial evidence are employed to demonstrate a defendant's culpability"
  5. People v. Kennedy

    47 N.Y.2d 196 (N.Y. 1979)   Cited 362 times
    Noting that “cases involving circumstantial evidence must be closely reviewed because they often require the jury to undertake a more complex and problematical reasoning process than do cases based on direct evidence”
  6. People v. Cabey

    85 N.Y.2d 417 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 209 times

    Argued February 16, 1995 Decided March 30, 1995 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Bonnie G. Wittner, J. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County, Bronx (Andrew J. Shipe and Susan L. Valle of counsel), for appellant-respondent. Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays Handler, New York City (Adam D. Cole of counsel), E. Joshua Rosenkranz and Mark Gimpel for respondent-appellant. SMITH, J. The issue in this case of attempted murder is whether

  7. People v. Mackey

    49 N.Y.2d 274 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 216 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating "unless there is read into the words `a crime' more than the Legislature has stated, intent to commit a specific crime is not an element, and the necessity for particulars, and with it the due process question, disappears"
  8. People v. Kims

    2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 7196 (N.Y. 2014)   Cited 61 times

    10-23-2014 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Appellant–Respondent, v. Stanley R. KIMS, II, Respondent–Appellant. Cindy F. Intschert, District Attorney, Watertown (Harmony A. Healy of counsel), and Karen F. McGee and Hannah E.C. Moore, New York Prosecutors Training Institute, Albany, for appellant-respondent. Davison Law Office, PLLC, Canandaigua (Mark C. Davison of counsel), for respondent-appellant. RIVERA, J. Cindy F. Intschert, District Attorney, Watertown (Harmony A. Healy of counsel), and

  9. People v. Bueno

    2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 8443 (N.Y. 2011)   Cited 56 times

    2011-11-21 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Christian BUENO, Appellant. Appellate Advocates, New York City (Denise A. Corsi and Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), for appellant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Rhea A. Grob and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent. Chief Judge LIPPMAN (dissenting). Appellate Advocates, New York City (Denise A. Corsi and Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), for appellant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Rhea A. Grob and Leonard

  10. People v. King

    61 N.Y.2d 550 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 69 times
    Affirming conviction of attempted burglary where defendant "was found in a position where he could have" broken a window and entered the premises