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· 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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