PEOPLE v. LAGUERRE


300 A.D.2d 106 (2002)

750 N.Y.S.2d 852

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE LAGUERRE, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTHONY SOTO, Appellant.

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

Decided December 12, 2002.


The verdict as to each defendant was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The People disproved each defendant's justification defense beyond a reasonable doubt. Issues of credibility, including the weight to be given to interests of witnesses and inconsistencies in testimony, were properly considered by the trier of facts and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations. The jury

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