Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Steven Harris, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-08-07
Citations: 218 A.D.2d 670
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Harris, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 218
Pages: 670–671

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Harris, Appellant.
[630 NYS2d 933]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garson, J.), rendered September 21, 1993, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the prosecution's witnesses should not have been believed by the jury. However, the resolution of issues of credibility and the weight to be accorded to the evidence presented are primarily questions to be determined by the jury, which saw and heard the witnesses (see, People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94). Its determination should be accorded great weight on appeal and should not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record (see, People v Garafolo, 44 AD2d 86, 88). Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]). Mangano, P. J., Thompson, Ritter and Florio, JJ., concur.