People v Mason

People v Mason 2013 NY Slip Op 04276 Decided on June 11, 2013 Court of Appeals Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on June 11, 2013
No. 173 SSM 8

[*1]The People & c., Respondent,

v

Curtis L. Mason, Appellant.




Submitted by Mary J. Fahey, for appellant.
Submitted by Hon. Barry L. Porsch, Seneca County
District Attorney, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM:

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the case remitted to that court for further proceedings in accordance with this memorandum.

On appeal, defendant argued that the jury's verdict was against the weight of the evidence. The order of the Appellate Division, however, "'manifest[s] a lack of application of [*2]that review power'" (People v Romero, 7 NY3d 633, 646 [2006], quoting People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 496 [1987]). Consequently, we must reverse and remit for a proper consideration of the claim. Defendant's remaining contention lacks merit.
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order reversed and case remitted to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, for further proceedings in accordance with the memorandum herein. Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott, Rivera and Abdus-Salaam concur.
Decided June 11, 2013