People v. Scardino
Opinion of the Court
— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant’s convictions for grand larceny in the second degree were supported by legally sufficient evidence (CPL 70.10 [1]). Viewing the evidence, as we must, in the light most favorable to the People, we find that it provided a rational trier of fact with a valid line of reasoning to sustain the convictions (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). Further, the trial court properly refrained from charging the moral certainty standard because defendant’s convictions were based on both direct and circumstantial evidence (People v Barnes,
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