People v. Gonzalez

Opinion

People v Gonzalez (2015 NY Slip Op 00620)

People v Gonzalez

2015 NY Slip Op 00620

Decided on January 27, 2015

Appellate Division, First Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on January 27, 2015
Tom, J.P., Acosta, Saxe, Moskowitz, Feinman, JJ.

14018 3137/09

[*1] The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Santiago Gonzalez, Defendant-Appellant.

Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Samantha L. Stern of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (David P. Stromes of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), rendered April 6, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of two to four years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's credibility determinations. Although the victim could provide only limited information, the jury properly credited an officer's testimony that he had a full opportunity to observe this pickpocketing incident.

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: JANUARY 26, 2015

CLERK