People v Santana

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People v Santana 2010 NY Slip Op 05972 [75 AD3d 435] July 6, 2010 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Samuel Santana, Appellant.

—[*1] Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Sheilah Fernandez of counsel), for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Thomas R. Villecco of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Criminal Division of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered September 6, 2006, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of attempted aggravated harassment in the second degree (11 counts), attempted criminal trespass in the second degree, attempted criminal contempt in the second degree and harassment in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 90 days, 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 court's determinations concerning credibility. The victim's testimony was extensively corroborated by recorded messages. Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Buckley, Catterson, McGuire and Acosta, JJ.

Motion seeking leave to file supplemental brief denied.

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