In re Christopher M.
Opinion of the Court
—Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Myrna Martinez-Perez, J.), entered on or about October 20, 2000, which adjudicated
The court’s finding was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Issues of credibility, including the weight to be given to the minor inconsistencies in the victim’s testimony, were properly considered by the court and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations (see People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94).
The court conducted a proper dispositional hearing, at which it accorded appellant an opportunity to present evidence. The court, which had ample information before it, properly exercised its discretion in denying appellant’s vague application for a continuance to call an unspecified witness employed at appellant’s place of confinement. Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Sullivan, Williams and Gonzalez, JJ.
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