PEOPLE v. COTTREL


275 A.D.2d 644 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 328

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ALTON D. COTTREL, Appellant.

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

Decided September 26, 2000.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury's determinations concerning credibility.

In responding to the jury's request for a readback, on the one hand, the court requested the jury to clarify its non-specific request for a readback of nearly the entire trial. On the other hand, the court instructed the jury that if it, nevertheless, wished the readback it originally...

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