Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Velez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-06-08
Citations: 8 A.D.3d 61
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Velez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 61–61

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Velez, Appellant.
[777 NYS2d 642]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Troy K. Webber, J.), rendered January 9, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted robbery in the third degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 2 to 4 four years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility (see People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94 [1903]). The credible evidence established that the People's witness was a victim of the attempted robbery, as charged in the indictment, and not merely a bystander. Concur—Nardelli, J.P., Saxe, Sullivan, Marlow and Catterson, JJ.