Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Rivera, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-04-20
Citations: 271 A.D.2d 335
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William Rivera, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 271
Pages: 335–335

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William Rivera, Appellant.
[706 NYS2d 876]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J.), rendered October 31, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility. Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Tom, Ellerin, Lerner and Andrias, JJ.