People v. Bleakley
- Decided
- May 7, 1987
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- New York
Cited 13,541 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- acknowledging that each doctrine “requires a discrete analysis” — Strzelecki v. Cunningham (2019)
- weight of the evidence is based on court’s factual review power; sufficiency of evidence claim based on the law — Correa v. Duncan (2001)
- "[B]y raising a 'weight of the evidence’ argument, [petitioner] does not present to this Court a federal claim as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a — Klosin v. Conway (2007)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
OPINION OF THE COURT Bellacosa, J.
We hold that it is reversible error when the Appellate Division manifestly avoids its exclusive statutory authority to review the weight of the evidence in criminal cases.
[*493] Each defendant, Timothy Bleakley and Jeffrey J. Anesi, has been found guilty by a jury at a joint trial of two counts of rape in the first degree, one count of sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. By a divided court, the Appellate Division affirmed the judgments of conviction.
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People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490 (1987)Read the full opinion
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