People v Ambrus (John)

[*1] People v Ambrus (John) 2009 NY Slip Op 52280(U) [25 Misc 3d 137(A)] Decided on November 6, 2009 Appellate Term, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on November 6, 2009
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPELLATE TERM: 9th and 10th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : NICOLAI, P.J., MOLIA and LaCAVA, JJ
2009-145 W CR.

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

John T. Ambrus, Appellant.

Appeal from a judgment of the Justice Court of the Village of Scarsdale, Westchester County (John H. Galloway, J.), rendered December 16, 2008. The judgment convicted defendant, after a nonjury trial, of passing a red light.

ORDERED that the judgment of conviction is affirmed.

Upon a review of the record on appeal, we are of the opinion that the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the People (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), was legally sufficient to establish defendant's guilt of passing a red light (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1111 [d] [1]). Moreover, giving much deference to the Justice Court's verdict (see People v Lane, 7 NY3d 888, 890 [2006]; see also People v Romero, 7 NY3d 633, 644-645 [2006]), even as we conduct our own review of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342 [2007]), we find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. Defendant's remaining contentions raised on appeal are similarly without merit.

Accordingly, the judgment of conviction is affirmed.

Nicolai, P.J., Molia and LaCava, JJ., concur.
Decision Date: November 06, 2009