Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Irving Miles, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-06-17
Citations: 262 A.D.2d 159
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Irving Miles, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 159–159

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Irving Miles, Appellant.
[690 NYS2d 452]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered February 26, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). We see no reason to disturb the jury's credibility determinations.
The court's curative instructions, which the jury is presumed to have followed, were sufficient to prevent defendant from being prejudiced by the challenged portions of the People's summation (see, People v Berg, 59 NY2d 294, 299-300). Concur— Ellerin, P. J., Wallach, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.