Opinion
No. KA 07-00033.
December 30, 2009.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (John J. Brunetti, A.J.), rendered October 14, 2005. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree and criminal impersonation in the first degree.
FRANK H. HISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY, SYRACUSE (GERALD T. BARTH OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE (JAMES P. MAXWELL OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
Present: Hurlbutt, J.P., Fahey, Peradotto, Green and Gorski, JJ.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of, inter alia, robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15). Viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crimes as charged to the jury ( see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349), we reject defendant's contention that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence ( see generally People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). "Great deference is accorded to the jury's resolution of credibility issues . . ., and it cannot be said herein that the jury failed to give the evidence the weight it should be accorded" ( People v McKinnon, 15 AD3d 842, 842, lv denied 4 NY3d 888).