Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Brooks, Also Known as Darryl Johnson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-01-30
Citations: 279 A.D.2d 429
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Brooks, Also Known as Darryl Johnson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 429–430

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Brooks, Also Known as Darryl Johnson, Appellant.
[719 NYS2d 848]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Seewald, J.), rendered February 5, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 4 to 12 years and 2 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. There is no basis upon which to disturb the court's credibility determinations, which are supported by the record. Defendant's reliance upon trial testimony in attacking the suppression ruling is inappropriate because defendant did not seek to reopen the hearing based upon the testimony adduced at trial (see, People v Gonzalez, 55 NY2d 720, 721-722).
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury's determinations concerning credibility. Concur — Williams, J. P., Mazzarelli, Lerner, Rubin and Buckley, JJ.