People v Torres

People v Torres 2006 NY Slip Op 09294 [35 AD3d 225] December 12, 2006 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Juan Torres, Appellant.

—[*1]Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy L. Kahn, J.), rendered February 11, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 2½ to 7½ years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning identification and credibility. Concur—Saxe, J.P., Sullivan, Williams, Sweeny and Malone, JJ.