Court Opinion

ID: 5743966
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 16:46:17.830295+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:07.093394
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Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Rosenwasser, J.), rendered June 27, 2005, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts), after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10, 20-21 [1995]). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The resolution of issues of credibility is primarily a matter to be determined by the factfinder, which saw and heard the witnesses, and its determination should be accorded great deference on appeal (see People v Romero, 7 NY3d 633, 644-645 [2006]; People v Mateo, 2 NY3d 383, 410 [2004], cert denied 542 US 946 [2004]). Upon the exercise of our factual review power (see CPL 470.15 [5]), we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Romero, 7 NY3d 633 [2006]; People v Miles, 44 AD3d 1073 [2007]). Santucci, J.P., Lifson, Covello and Dickerson, JJ., concur.