People v Stevens
Annotate this CaseDecided on November 17, 2011
Mazzarelli, J.P., Sweeny, Moskowitz, Acosta, Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
6098 4735/08
[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Shakeya Stevens, Defendant-Appellant.
Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New
York (Rosemary Herbert of counsel), and Weil Gotshal &
Manges LLP, New York (Lucy Muzzy of counsel), for
appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (David E. A.
Crowley of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard D. Carruthers, J.), rendered December 15, 2009, as amended December 18, 2009, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, and sentencing her to a term of nine months, 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, including its resolution of alleged conflicts in testimony. The
evidence established the requisite intent to defraud (see e.g. People v Rodriguez, 71 AD3d 450 [2010], affd NY3d, 2011 NY Slip Op 07257 [Oct 18, 2011]).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: NOVEMBER 17, 2011
CLERK
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