Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gerald Bryan, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-12-12
Citations: 300 A.D.2d 111
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gerald Bryan, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 300
Pages: 111–112

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gerald Bryan, Appellant.
[751 NYS2d 463]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered January 4, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility. Defendant's intent to commit a larceny in a doctor's office in a locked wing of a hospital was established by the evidence, including testimony that defendant had opened a cabinet drawer and removed a jewelry box. The jury properly rejected defendant's incredible explanation for his unauthorized presence. Concur— Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Sullivan, Friedman and Gonzalez, JJ.