PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


281 A.D.2d 232 (2001)

721 N.Y.S.2d 768

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PATRICK JOHNSON, Appellant.

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

Decided March 13, 2001.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The jury could properly reject the self-serving justification claim made in defendant's statements while crediting his admissions made in the same statements that he shot the victim (see, People v Rose, 215 A.D.2d 875, 876, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 801).

When the court's sentencing remarks are viewed in context, the record...

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