Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Messiah Avent, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-12-17
Citations: 300 A.D.2d 128
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Messiah Avent, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 300
Pages: 128–128

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Messiah Avent, Appellant.
[750 NYS2d 759]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered November 8, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of nine 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).
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur— Tom, J.P., Buckley, Friedman, Marlow and Gonzalez, JJ.