Opinion
2002-01608
Submitted September 23, 2003.
October 14, 2003.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (McDonald, J.), rendered November 29, 2001, convicting him of attempted robbery in the first degree, attempted robbery in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Jonathan Garvin of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Noreen Healey, and Sherman Jackson of counsel), for respondent.
Before: SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, LEO F. McGINITY, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
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 that defendant acted in concert with, and intentionally aided, his companions with the requisite mental state ( see Penal Law § 20.00; People v. Whatley, 69 N.Y.2d 784; People v. Bracey, 41 N.Y.2d 296; People v. Mejia, 297 A.D.2d 755; People v. Armistead, 178 A.D.2d 607) . Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt on the charge of attempted robbery in the first degree was not against the weight of the evidence ( see CPL 470.15).
FEUERSTEIN, J.P., FRIEDMANN, McGINITY and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.