People v. Adams

• Decision Date: 17 February 1987
• Citation: 69 N.Y.2d 805,505 N.E.2d 946,513 N.Y.S.2d 381
• Parties: , 505 N.E.2d 946 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tony ADAMS, Appellant.
• Court: New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

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The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tony ADAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Feb. 17, 1987.

Richard Joselson, David A. Crow and Philip L. Weinstein, New York City, for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, Dist. Atty. (Sylvia Wertheimer and Amyjane Rettew, New York City, of counsel), for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division, 117 A.D.2d 1024, 499 N.Y.S.2d 298, should be affirmed.

Defendant complains that the trial court erred in charging the jury with respect to circumstantial evidence that some of the facts could be proved with less assurance than others. Although the language isolated by defendant was one of the bases for reversal in People v. Ford, 66 N.Y.2d 428, 443, 497 N.Y.S.2d 637, 488 N.E.2d 458, the charge as a whole adequately conveyed to the jury the appropriate standards (People v. Ford, supra ).

Defendant's remaining contentions are not preserved for our review.

WACHTLER, C.J., and SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK and BELLACOSA, JJ., concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.