Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Ferguson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-04-22
Citations: 72 A.D.3d 541
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Michael Ferguson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 541–542

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Michael Ferguson, Appellant.
[898 NYS2d 837]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berk-man, J), rendered November 14, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility. The jury reasonably could have concluded from a store employee's testimony that defendant intentionally assisted the codefendant in stealing merchandise, and discredited the testimony of a defense witness that defendant did no more than unwittingly accompany the witness on a shoplifting expedition. Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Saxe, Nardelli, McGuire and Moskowitz, JJ.