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

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rudolph Riddick, Appellant.
   Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Ain, J.), rendered April 6, 1984, convicting him of burglary in the third degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find no merit to the defendant’s contention that the prosecution failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because it relied solely upon fingerprint evidence. The trial evidence established that entry into the burglarized offices was accomplished by breaking the exterior doors and that the fingerprints found on these doors matched the defendant’s. There was no indication that the fingerprints were placed there innocently. Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the jury was justified in finding that the defendant committed the burglaries beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Mercado, 117 AD2d 627; People v Talley, 110 AD2d 792), and the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (CPL 470.15 [5]). The remainder of the defendant’s contentions are either without merit or unpreserved for appellate review. Thompson, J. P., Niehoff, Kunzeman and Harwood, JJ., concur.