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People v. Pender

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 25, 2002
291 A.D.2d 574 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

1999-09009

Submitted January 31, 2002.

February 25, 2002.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Greenberg, J.), rendered September 9, 1999, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Jennifer K. Danburg of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Diana Villanueva of counsel; Patrick A. Kane on the brief), for respondent.

Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.


ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's generalized motion to "dismiss the case" was insufficient to preserve for appellate review his claim that the People failed to provide legally sufficient evidence that he was in actual or constructive possession of a weapon (see, People v. Robinson, 220 A.D.2d 699). In any event, viewing the evidence adduced at trial in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that 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).

The defendant's remaining contention is unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, without merit.

SANTUCCI, J.P., ALTMAN, FLORIO and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pender

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 25, 2002
291 A.D.2d 574 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

People v. Pender

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. CLIFFORD PENDER, appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 25, 2002

Citations

291 A.D.2d 574 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
737 N.Y.S.2d 878