PEOPLE v. LATHIGEE


98 A.D.2d 978 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James V. Lathigee, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

December 16, 1983


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

On this appeal we are concerned with the sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence of defendant's guilt and whether it excludes to a moral certainty every other hypothesis but that of guilt. The record discloses that the key link in the chain of circumstantial evidence is proof that the blade of a screwdriver found in defendant's car was the same size and shape as one of the pry marks on the front door of the burglarized...

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