People v. Lawrence

245 A.D.2d 78, 665 N.Y.S.2d 870, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12830

Opinion

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered June 15, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Upon our independent review of the record, we reject defendant’s claim that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). We find no reason to disturb the jury’s determinations as to credibility and reliability of the identification testimony (see, People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Williams and Andrias, JJ.