PEOPLE, res, v. ERIC SHIELDS, def-ap

8327-8328. PEOPLE, res, v. ERIC SHIELDS, def-ap — PEOPLE, res, v. KENNETH LAW, def-ap — Michael G. Santangelo, White Plains, for Eric Shields, ap — Yalkut & Israel, Bronx (Arlen S. Yalkut of counsel), for Kenneth Law, ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Timothy C. Stone of counsel), for res — Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered September 21, 2010, as amended September 23, 2010, convicting defendant Kenneth Law, after a jury trial, of enterprise corruption, scheme to defraud in the first degree, conspiracy in the fifth degree, grand larceny in the first degree and five counts of grand larceny in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 5 to 15 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentences on the enterprise corruption conviction and all larceny convictions to terms of 3 to 9 years, resulting in a new aggregate term of 3 to 9 years, and otherwise affirmed. Judgment, same court, Justice and dates, convicting defendant Eric Shields, after a jury trial, of enterprise corruption, scheme to defraud in the first degree, conspiracy in the fifth degree, grand larceny in the first degree and three counts of grand larceny in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 5 to 16 years, unanimously affirmed.

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8327-8328. PEOPLE, res, v. ERIC SHIELDS, def-ap — PEOPLE, res, v. KENNETH LAW, def-ap — Michael G. Santangelo, White Plains, for Eric Shields, ap — Yalkut & Israel, Bronx (Arlen S. Yalkut of counsel), for Kenneth Law, ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Timothy C. Stone of counsel), for res — Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered September 21, 2010, as amended September 23, 2010, convicting defendant Kenneth Law, after a jury trial, of enterprise corruption, scheme to defraud in the first degree, conspiracy in the fifth degree, grand larceny in the first degree and five counts of grand larceny in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 5 to 15 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentences on the enterprise corruption conviction and all larceny convictions to terms of 3 to 9 years, resulting in a new aggregate term of 3 to 9 years, and otherwise affirmed. Judgment, same court, Justice and dates, convicting defendant Eric Shields, after a jury trial, of enterprise corruption, scheme to defraud in the first degree, conspiracy in the fifth degree, grand larceny in the first degree and three counts of grand larceny in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 5 to 16 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdicts as to both defendants were based on legally sufficient evidence and were not against the weight of the evidence (see People v. Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]). The jury could have reasonably found that the accomplice testimony was both credible and adequately corroborated, and that the evidence established defendants’ participation in the fraudulent transactions with knowledge of their fraudulent nature.

PEOPLE, res, v. ERIC SHIELDS, def-ap

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