Opinion
November 13, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Joy, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence 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 claim that his conviction of assault in the second degree was repugnant to his acquittal of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree is unpreserved for appellate review because he failed to raise this argument prior to the discharge of the jury (see, CPL 470.05; People v Gray, 86 N.Y.2d 10; People v Alfaro, 66 N.Y.2d 985, 987; People v Buford, 198 A.D.2d 55; People v Cruz, 175 A.D.2d 212). In any event, the defendant's claim of repugnancy is without merit. Viewing the elements of the crimes as charged to the jury (see, People v Tucker, 55 N.Y.2d 1, 7), the jury could have found the defendant guilty of assault in the second degree while also concluding that he was not guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. O'Brien, J.P., Pizzuto, Santucci and Krausman, JJ., concur.