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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eric Claudio, Appellant.
    [702 NYS2d 836]
   —Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Fisher, J.), rendered March 13, 1997, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [15]).

The defendant’s sentence was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

The defendant’s remaining contention lacks merit. Ritter, J. P., Friedmann, Feuerstein and Smith, JJ., concur.