Court Opinion

ID: 5772188
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:34:10.606562+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:48.139828
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Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Alex R. Renzi, J.), rendered June 22, 2005. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of rape in the second degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon a jury verdict, of rape in the second degree (Penal Law § 130.30 [2]). Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the conviction inasmuch as his motion for a trial order of dismissal was not “ ‘specifically directed’ at the alleged error” asserted on appeal (People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10, 19 [1995]). Viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crime as charged to the jury (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]), we conclude that the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence (see generally People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). Contrary to defendant’s contention, the testimony of the victim was not incredible as a matter of law (see People v Ptak, 37 AD3d 1081 [2007], lv denied 8 NY3d 949 [2007]). Finally, the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe. Present — Hurlbutt, J.P., Smith, Fahey, Green and Pine, JJ.