Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

People v. Earl

People v. Earl
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 16, 1996
234 A.D.2d 471; 651 N.Y.S.2d 904; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13122
People v. Earl

Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golia, J.), rendered March 21, 1995, convicting him of assault in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the evidence was legally insufficient is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, resolution of issues of credibility, as well *472as the weight to be accorded to the evidence presented, are primarily questions to be determined by the jury, which saw and heard the witnesses (see, People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94). Its determination should be accorded great weight on appeal and should not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record (see, People v Garafolo, 44 AD2d 86, 88). 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]; see generally, People v Rivera, 218 AD2d 822). Sullivan, J. P., Krausman, Florio and McGinity, JJ., concur.

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