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

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Phillip Cleaves, Appellant.
    [671 NYS2d 701]
   —Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thomas, J.), rendered March 29, 1996, convicting him of attempted robbery 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. The testimony of the prosecution witnesses clearly demonstrated that the defendant’s assault of the complainant, while the codefendant attempted to rifle the complainant’s pockets, was committed with the intent to steal. 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 [5]). Rosenblatt, J. P., Ritter, Sullivan and Goldstein, JJ., concur.