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

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Augustin Coustantin, Appellant.
    [720 NYS2d 353]
   Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), rendered October 26, 1998, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s claim that the evidence was legally insufficient to support his conviction is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245, 250). In any event, 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 sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). Bracken, Acting P. J., O’Brien, Santucci and Florio, JJ., concur.