People v. Villanueva
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Opinion
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J.), rendered August 10, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury .trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of eight years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). Issues of credibility and identification were properly presented to the jury and we find no reason to disturb its determinations. The People presented [369]*369reliable identification testimony and the defense witnesses were significantly impeached. Concur—Williams, P.J., Mazzarelli, Saxe, Lerner and Marlow, JJ.
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293 A.D.2d 368, 740 N.Y.S.2d 210, 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4076, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-villanueva-nyappdiv-2002.