PEOPLE v. RIVERS


282 A.D.2d 402 (2001)

725 N.Y.S.2d 311

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILSON RIVERS, Appellant.

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

Decided April 26, 2001.


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 identification. The circumstantial evidence clearly established that defendant was the person who had attempted to inflict serious physical injury upon the victim by firing a shot at him and who had possessed the recovered loaded weapon (see, People v Cantres, 238 A.D.2d 56...

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