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Weight of the Evidence Review Required Reversal

The Second Department determined the defendant’s conviction was not supported by the weight of the evidence—there were too many unexplained problems in the People’s proof:

Although great deference is accorded the jury’s opportunity to view the witnesses, hear the testimony, and observe demeanor …, objective facts, which were not adequately explained, cast doubt upon the officers’ credibility, including the loss of the arresting officer’s memo book, the fact that the ammunition allegedly retrieved from the gun was only submitted to the police laboratory for analysis five days after the gun was submitted for analysis, and the fact that a photograph of the gun was exhibited in the precinct with a caption referring to a white lie. Further, the eyewitness who initially called the police to the scene testified at the trial that the man involved in the incident was not the defendant, and that the police arrested the wrong man. Upon the exercise of our factual review power (see CPL 470.15), we find that the rational inferences which can be drawn from the evidence presented at trial do not support the conviction beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus, the judgment must be reversed and the indictment dismissed… . People v Battle, 2014 NY Slip Op 02447, 2nd Dept 4-9-14

 

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