People v. Brown

203 A.D.2d 114, 612 N.Y.S.2d 844, 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3850

Opinion

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Juanita Bing Newton, J.), rendered May 4, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), a rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime charged (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932), since the officers observed the defendant exiting the victim’s brownstone and entering a service alley with a brown bag later identified as belonging to the victim and which had been purloined from her residence. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Ellerin, Ross, Asch and Tom, JJ.