Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2005

People v. Fields

People v. Fields
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 3, 2005
16 A.D.3d 142; 789 N.Y.S.2d 888; 2005 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2195
People v. Fields

Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered February 15, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). The jury was presented with conflicting expert testimony regarding the cause of death, and the record supports its decision to credit the People’s expert testimony (see People v Miller, 91 NY2d 372, 380 [1998]). Concur — Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Friedman, Marlow and Nardelli, JJ.

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