People v. Puarto

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Puarto

247 A.2d 638, 247 A.D.2d 638, 668 N.Y.S.2d 485, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1710

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedFebruary 23, 1998

StatusPublished

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People v. Puarto, 247 A.2d 638, 247 A.D.2d 638, 668 N.Y.S.2d 485, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1710 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1998).

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Opinion

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rappaport, J.), rendered September 13, 1995, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual [639]*639review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]).

The defendant’s sentence was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

The defendant’s remaining contentions are without merit.

O’Brien, J. P., Sullivan, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.

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