PEOPLE v. GOVAN


206 A.D.2d 388 (1994)

614 N.Y.S.2d 429

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nathan Govan, Appellant

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

July 5, 1994


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Eyewitnesses testified that the defendant and his companion were each holding a gun, but they did not know who fired the shot that hit the victim's jaw. The defendant argues that the jury verdict convicting him of assault in the first degree and acquitting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree was repugnant. We disagree.

"When there is a claim that repugnant jury verdicts have been rendered in response...

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