PEOPLE v. McDERMOTT


279 A.D.2d 361 (2001)

719 N.Y.S.2d 76

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN McDERMOTT, Appellant.

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

Decided January 18, 2001.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. In order to establish defendant's guilt of each of the three crimes of which he was convicted, the People were required to prove that the officer had probable cause to arrest defendant for disorderly conduct; however, the People were not required to prove that defendant actually committed disorderly conduct. The evidence established that the officer had probable cause to believe...

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