Opinion
October 16, 2001.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Caesar Cirigliano, J.), rendered May 6, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Claris R. Sukkar, for respondent.
Ann Cypher, for defendant-appellant.
Before: Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Wallach, Buckley, Friedman, JJ.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The jury, which was in the best position to evaluate the credibility of the witnesses (People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495), properly accepted the testimony of the witness who testified to having heard defendant's detailed confession over that of the witnesses who contradicted her. We find no reason on this record to find that her testimony was in any way implausible.
Motion seeking leave to file a pro se supplemental brief denied.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.