Opinion
January 14, 1985
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Cohen, J.).
Judgment affirmed.
The credibility of the testimony of the witnesses was an issue for the trier of fact to determine (see, e.g., People v Gruttola, 43 N.Y.2d 116; People v. Joyiens, 39 N.Y.2d 197; People v. Cook, 99 A.D.2d 552) and viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution as we must ( People v. Kennedy, 47 N.Y.2d 196; People v. Benzinger, 36 N.Y.2d 29; People v. Leach, 57 A.D.2d 332), a rational trier of fact could have found that the People proved beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant knowingly possessed a loaded firearm ( Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307; People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620).
Mollen, P.J., Bracken, O'Connor and Niehoff, JJ., concur.