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People v. Solar

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 12, 2003
305 A.D.2d 522 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

2001-00589

Submitted April 8, 2003.

May 12, 2003.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Chambers, J.), rendered January 11, 2001, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Rachel Altstein of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Jodi L. Mandel, and Stephen McLeod of counsel; Christine Architetto on the brief), for respondent.

Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., DAVID S. RITTER, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05; People v. Gray, 86 N.Y.2d 10; People v. Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245). 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 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 contentions raised in the defendant's supplemental pro se brief either are unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.

PRUDENTI, P.J., RITTER, FEUERSTEIN and CRANE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Solar

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 12, 2003
305 A.D.2d 522 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

People v. Solar

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. RAFAEL SOLAR, appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: May 12, 2003

Citations

305 A.D.2d 522 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
758 N.Y.S.2d 821