People v Cornelius

People v Cornelius 2017 NY Slip Op 07314 Decided on October 19, 2017 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on October 19, 2017
Acosta, P.J., Friedman, Webber, Oing, Moulton, JJ.
4730 6436/06

[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Karejaah Cornelius, Defendant-Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Anita Aboagye-Agyeman of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Alexander Michaels of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered February 29, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 17½ years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's credibility determinations, including its evaluation of alleged inconsistencies and the fact that some witnesses received benefits for their testimony.

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: OCTOBER 19, 2017

CLERK