PEOPLE v. GODDARD


153 A.D.2d 758 (1989)

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

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

August 28, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the jury should not have believed the prosecution's witness because of her involvement with illegal drugs, and because of certain inconsistencies in her accounts of the incident. We find that the inconsistencies were neither substantial nor so disparate as to require the negation of the jury's verdict. In addition, the witness's use of drugs and her condition at the time of the crime did not render...

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