Opinion
Argued November 14, 2000.
December 12, 2000.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.), rendered April 25, 1996, convicting her of murder in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
M. Sue Wycoff, New York, N.Y. (Jeffrey Dellheim of counsel), for appellant.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Anthea H. Bruffee of counsel), for respondent.
Before: SONDRA MILLER, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, HOWARD MILLER, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant has not preserved for appellate review her claim that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain the verdict of guilt with respect to her conviction of murder in the second degree (see, CPL 470.05; People v. Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245, 250; People v. Rodriguez, 200 A.D.2d 775). In any event, 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 of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25) beyond a reasonable doubt (see, Matter of Anthony M., 63 N.Y.2d 270, 280-81). 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 contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.