Court Opinion

ID: 5674033
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 14:23:23.75143+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:39:42.288154
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Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Flaherty, J.), rendered April 26, 2000, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and reckless driving, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Resolution of issues of credibility, as well as the weight to be accorded to the evidence presented, are primarily questions to be determined by the jury, which saw and heard the witnesses (see People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84 [1903]). Its determination should be afforded great weight on appeal and should not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record (see People v Garafolo, 44 AD2d 86 [1974]). 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]).
The contentions raised in the defendant’s supplemental pro se brief are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Krausman, J.P, Goldstein, Adams and Cozier, JJ., concur.