Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Israel Rodriguez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-02-19
Citations: 247 A.D.2d 291
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Israel Rodriguez, Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Nardelli, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 291–292

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Israel Rodriguez, Appellant.
[668 NYS2d 457]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Allen Alpert, J.), rendered July 23, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, robbery in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life, 12½ to 25 years, 5 to 10 years, and. 3½ to 7 years, consecutive to a term of 3½ to 7 years on conviction of assault in the second degree, unanimously affirmed.
The court's instruction on reasonable doubt, read as a whole, conveyed the appropriate standards (see, People v.Cubino, 88 NY2d 998; People v White, 228 AD2d 209, lv denied 88 NY2d 1072), as did its instruction on the question of the voluntariness of defendant's statements (see, People v Kelly, 238 AD2d 220, lv denied 90 NY2d 895).
Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Nardelli, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.