Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jermaine Royster, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-04-27
Citations: 249 A.D.2d 569
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jermaine Royster, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 249
Pages: 569–570

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jermaine Royster, Appellant.
[671 NYS2d 326]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Fisher, J.), rendered July 29, 1996, convicting him of murder in the secqnd degree and manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's legal sufficiency claim is unpreserved for ap pellate review because his motion for a trial order of dismissal was not specific (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10; People v Cannon, 224 AD2d 439; People v Pinder, 199 AD2d 544). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5].
The defendant's sentence was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). Ritter, J. P., Thompson, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.