Opinion
2014-03-13
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Luis CAJIGAS, Defendant–Appellant.
Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Laura Lieberman Cohen of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Deborah L. Morse of counsel), and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York (Timothy M. Russo of counsel), for respondent.
Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Laura Lieberman Cohen of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Deborah L. Morse of counsel), and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York (Timothy M. Russo of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered January 15, 2009, as amended January 23, 2009, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence ( see People v. Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 348–349, 849 N.Y.S.2d 480, 880 N.E.2d 1 [2007] ). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's credibility determinations. Notwithstanding any weaknesses in the victim's testimony, that testimony was corroborated by the testimony of police officers who saw defendant discard money while being chased by the victim. ACOSTA, J.P., RENWICK, FEINMAN, CLARK, JJ., concur.