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

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Julius Smith, Appellant.
    [722 NYS2d 395]
   —Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (LaTorella, J.), rendered February 23, 1998, convicting him of robbery in the first 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 [5]).

The defendant’s sentence was neither harsh nor excessive (see, People v Felix, 58 NY2d 156; People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). Altman, J. P., Krausman, H. Miller and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.