Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Samuel Taylor, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-05-06
Citations: 305 A.D.2d 138
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Samuel Taylor, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 305
Pages: 138–139

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Samuel Taylor, Appellant.
[757 NYS2d 843]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered September 27, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Issues of identification and credibility were properly considered by the jury and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations.
Since defendant requested no further relief after the court struck the offending testimony and delivered a curative instruction, his bolstering claim is unpreserved (see People v Medina, 53 NY2d 951 [1981]), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the court's curative actions were sufficient to prevent any prejudice (see People v Davis, 58 NY2d 1102 [1983]). Concur— Buckley, P.J., Nardelli, Mazzarelli, Sullivan and Gonzalez, JJ.