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People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 29, 2008
50 A.D.3d 601 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 3523.

April 29, 2008.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd G. Goodman, J.), rendered October 19, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 21 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Stanley Neustadter, New York (Gaynor L. Cunningham of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Elizabeth Anne Squires of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Andrias and Williams, JJ.


Defendant's argument regarding the sufficiency of the evidence corroborating the testimony of his accomplice is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we also reject it on the merits, because the testimony was corroborated by extensive evidence that included defendant's presence at the scene of the crime and motive for committing it ( see People v Breland, 83 NY2d 286, 292-294). Furthermore, the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence ( see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility.


Summaries of

People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 29, 2008
50 A.D.3d 601 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

People v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TEDDY WILLIAMS…

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

Date published: Apr 29, 2008

Citations

50 A.D.3d 601 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 3980
857 N.Y.S.2d 522