Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Vasquez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-01-25
Citations: 14 A.D.3d 440
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Vasquez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 440–440

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Vasquez, Appellant.
[787 NYS2d 876]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barbara F. Newman, J.), rendered March 24, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and unlawful possession of marijuana, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 20 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Issues concerning identification and credibility were properly considered by the jury and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). The victim made a prompt and reliable identification of defendant, which was corroborated by other evidence including an officer's identification of defendant as the person he had been pursuing. Concur— Friedman, J.P., Marlow, Nardelli, Sweeny and Catterson, JJ.