PEOPLE v. MATIAS


112 A.D.2d 897 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Juan Matias, Appellant

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

August 29, 1985


The facts are fairly stated in the dissent. We note, however, that the empty knife case found in defendant's apartment was, contrary to the conclusion reached by the dissent, properly admitted into evidence. Circumstantial evidence requires only that it "have relevance, that it tend to convince that the fact sought to be established is so. That it is equivocal or that it is consistent with suppositions other than guilt does not render it inadmissible" (People v Yazum<...

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