PEOPLE v. CHANDLER

10673. 548/17.

178 A.D.3d 639 (2019)

112 N.Y.S.3d 502

2019 NY Slip Op 09393

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Christopher Chandler, Appellant.

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

Decided December 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York ( Jan Hoth of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Diana Wang of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Friedman, J.P., Webber, Kern, Moulton, JJ.


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's credibility determinations. The evidence disproved defendant's justification defense beyond a reasonable doubt.

The court properly denied defendant's eve-of-trial request for new counsel, in support of which defendant's only specific allegation was that counsel had not...

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