Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

People v. Woods

People v. Woods
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 15, 1996
226 A.D.2d 569; 641 N.Y.S.2d 544; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4296
People v. Woods

Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Belli, J.), rendered April 14,1993, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention regarding the legal sufficiency of the evidence adduced at trial is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Bynum, 70 NY2d 858; People v Williams, 187 AD2d 547). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]).

The defendant’s remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Thompson, J. P., Sullivan, Joy and Florio, JJ., concur.

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