PEOPLE v. GAVINS


118 A.D.2d 582 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Elbert Gavins, Appellant

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

March 3, 1986


Judgment affirmed.

The standard for reviewing the legal sufficiency of evidence in a criminal case is whether, after viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620). In the instant case, a rational trier of fact could certainly have found, beyond a reasonable...

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