· 1/29/1981
Joseph Gruttola v. Edward R. Hammock, Chairman of the New York Board of Parole, Respondent
Citations
- 639 F.2d 922
- 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 20580
How courts have described this case
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- rejecting insufficiency claim, holding that jury was entitled to believe prosecution witnesses despite inconsistencies in their testimony
- rejecting insufficient evidence claim raised by habeas petitioner because jury was entitled to believe prosecution’s witnesses despite inconsistencies in their testimony and the prosecution’s evidence
- evidence sufficient where jury credited prosecution witnesses’ testimony “despite some inconsistencies between their trial testimony and prior statements to the police and to the grand jury”
- evidence sufficient where jury credited prosecution witnesses’ testimony “despite some inconsistencies between their trial testimony and prior statements to the police, and to the grand jury”
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Judges: Lumbard, Mansfield, Meskill
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