People v. Grantier
Opinion of the Court
—Appeal from a judgment of Steuben County Court (Bradstreet, J.), entered September 22, 2000, convicting defendant after a jury trial of, inter alia, sodomy in the first degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him of sodomy in the first degree (Penal Law former § 130.50 [1]) and assault in the second degree (§ 120.05 [6]), defendant contends that County Court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the indictment at the close of the People’s case (see CPL 290.10 [1]). Defendant presented evidence after the court denied the motion and thus waived “subsequent review of that determination” (People v Hines, 97 NY2d 56, 61, rearg denied 97 NY2d 678; see People v Bridges, 294 AD2d 912). In any event, we conclude that the victim’s testimony established the elements of both crimes, and thus the evidence is legally sufficient to support the conviction (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). We further conclude that the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence. “[R]esolution of issues of credibility, as well as the weight to be accorded to the evidence presented, are primarily questions to be determined by the jury, which saw and heard the witnesses” (People v Williams, 291 AD2d 897, 898 [internal quotation marks omitted]; see People v Gruttola, 43 NY2d 116, 122).
The court did not abuse its discretion in precluding evidence of a sexual encounter between the victim and another man earlier on the night of the crimes at issue (see CPL 60.42; see also People v Fields, 279 AD2d 405, 405, Iv denied 96 NY2d 828).
At sentencing defendant voiced numerous complaints about
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