Court Opinion

ID: 6030825
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 12:49:42.715039+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:51:15.227250
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—In a juvenile delinquency proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3, the appeal is from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Orange County (Bivona, J.), entered April 4, 1997, which, upon a fact-finding order of the same court, dated January 28, 1997, made after a hearing, finding that the appellant committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crime of criminal mischief in the fourth degree, adjudged her to be a juvenile delinquent and placed her on probation for a period of two years. The appeal brings up for review the fact-finding order dated January 28, 1997.
Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the presentment agency (see, Matter of David H., 69 NY2d 792; Matter of Lamont D., 247 AD2d 615), we find that it was legally sufficient to support the fact-finding order. Moreover, resolution of issues of credibility, as well as the weight to be accorded the evidence presented, are primarily questions to be determined by the Family Court, as the trier of fact, which saw and heard the witnesses (see, Matter of Joseph J., 205 AD2d 776). Its determination should be accorded great weight on appeal and should not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record (see, Matter of Kwan M., 159 AD2d 707). Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the findings of fact were not against the weight of the evidence (cf., CPL 470.15 [5]; see, Matter of Sandy J., 246 AD2d 651).
The appellant’s remaining contentions are without merit. Copertino, J. P., Sullivan, Pizzuto and Goldstein, JJ., concur.