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People v. Pilich

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 30, 1987
128 A.D.2d 903 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

March 30, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Bearing in mind that the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be accorded their testimony are generally matters for resolution by the trier of fact (cf., People v. Bauer, 113 A.D.2d 543), who is free to accept or reject part or all of the People's evidence (cf., People v. Scarborough, 49 N.Y.2d 364), we are satisfied that the evidence was of sufficient quantity and quality to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Similarly, the verdict acquitting the defendant of sodomy in the first degree and attempted rape in the first degree, convicting him of one count of sexual abuse in the first degree, and dismissing two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree was not repugnant and will not be set aside. The crimes of sodomy in the first degree and attempted rape in the first degree, for which the defendant was tried, have elements different from the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree (cf., Penal Law § 130.50; §§ 110.00, 130.35 [1]; § 130.65), and a verdict acquitting the defendant of the first two crimes did not negate an element of the sexual abuse charge upon which the defendant was convicted (cf., People v. Tucker, 55 N.Y.2d 1). The dismissal by the Trial Judge of two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, after finding the defendant guilty of one count of sexual abuse in the first degree was not repugnant to the finding of guilt on the initial count of sexual abuse. Bracken, J.P., Weinstein, Rubin and Harwood, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pilich

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 30, 1987
128 A.D.2d 903 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

People v. Pilich

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANDREZEJ PILICH…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 30, 1987

Citations

128 A.D.2d 903 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

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