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People v. Townsend

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 17, 1996
232 A.D.2d 261 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

October 17, 1996.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Leff, J.), rendered August 17, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Before: Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Rubin, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.


Defendant's claim that he was deprived of his right to a unanimous jury verdict by the court's failure to repoll the jury is unpreserved, timely objection to the omission not having been made ( People v Bembry, 209 AD2d 270, affd 85 NY2d 932), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Trial testimony that defendant, with the aid of a companion, took the complainant's pocketbook and repeatedly beat the complainant on the head with his gun was sufficient to prove defendant's guilt of robbery in the first and second degrees. The issues raised by defendant concerning the credibility of the complainant's testimony were properly placed before the jury and we find no reason to disturb its determination.


Summaries of

People v. Townsend

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 17, 1996
232 A.D.2d 261 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Townsend

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES TOWNSEND…

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

Date published: Oct 17, 1996

Citations

232 A.D.2d 261 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
648 N.Y.S.2d 906

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