Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gavin Gibbs, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-10-11
Citations: 44 A.D.3d 417
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gavin Gibbs, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 417–417

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gavin Gibbs, Appellant.
[843 NYS2d 258]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert H. Straus, J.), rendered April 22, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). There was extensive circumstantial evidence establishing defendant's identity as the person who presented a counterfeit credit card in an attempt to purchase merchandise. To the extent that defendant is claiming that the counterfeit credit card and related receipt for the transaction were improperly admitted into evidence, we find that argument without merit. Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Friedman, Sullivan and Nardelli, JJ.