PEOPLE v. SAMUEL


261 A.D.2d 177 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 200

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BENJAMIN SAMUEL, Appellant.

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

Decided May 11, 1999.


The jury verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the jury's credibility determinations. There was ample evidence that defendant robbed the complainant and that defendant's claimed intoxication did not prevent him from forming the requisite intent.

Defendant was not deprived of his right to present a defense when the court denied his request for a continuance to produce additional...

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