Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Manuel Santos, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-09-06
Citations: 21 A.D.3d 911
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Manuel Santos, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 911–912

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Manuel Santos, Appellant.
[800 NYS2d 512]

Opinion:
Appeal by the de fendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Demarest, J.), rendered November 17, 2003, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, based on an acting-in-concert theory. 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]). Florio, J.P., H. Miller, Ritter and Rivera, JJ., concur.