Case ID: ad2d_179/html/1023-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose M. Rivera, Appellant.
   Memorandum: The court properly sentenced defendant as a persistent violent felony offender. Defendant failed to establish that his prior violent felony convictions were unconstitutionally obtained (see, People v Sailor, 65 NY2d 224, cert denied 474 US 982; People v Graham, 67 AD2d 172, 179). The verdict was not contrary to the weight of the evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). The credibility of the complainant was for the jury to resolve. (Appeal from Judgment of Erie County Court, McCarthy, J. — Robbery, 1st Degree.) Present — Doerr, J. P., Boomer, Green, Pine and Balio, JJ.