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

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v David James, Also Known as David Giraudy, Appellant.
    [712 NYS2d 887]
   —Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Berry, J.), rendered September 16, 1997, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish that he possessed three packets of cocaine is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (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 was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]).

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

The defendant’s remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. S. Miller, J. P., Friedmann, Luciano and Schmidt, JJ., concur.