People v. Boria

• Decision Date: 22 January 2001
• Docket Number: No. 98-00487,98-00487
• Citation: 719 N.Y.S.2d 682
• Parties: (A.D. 2 Dept. 2001) The People, etc., Respondent, v. Adam Boria, Appellant. (Ind.) 1999-03172 2000-00154 : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

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719 N.Y.S.2d 682 (A.D. 2 Dept. 2001)

The People, etc., Respondent, v. Adam Boria, Appellant.

(Ind. No. 98-00487)

1999-03172

2000-00154

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

January 22, 2001.

Alex Smith, Middletown, N.Y., for appellant.

Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (David R. Huey of counsel), for respondent.

GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.

Appeal by the defendant from (1) a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Pano Z. Patsalos, J.), rendered March 25, 1999, convicting him of attempted assault in the first degree (two counts), reckless endangerment in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, attempted intimidation of a witness in the first degree, attempted tampering with a witness in the first degree, and tampering with a witness in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence, and (2) a resentence of the same court, imposed December 10, 1999, resentencing the defendant on his convictions for attempted assault in the first degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and attempted intimidation of a witness in the first degree. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress identification testimony.

ORDERED that the judgment and the resentence are affirmed.

The defendant contends that the People failed to prove by legally sufficient evidence that he was guilty of the crimes charged and that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. We disagree. 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, resolution of issues of credibility, as well as the weight to be accorded to the evidence presented, are primarily questions to be determined by the jury, which saw and heard the witnesses (see, People v. Gaimari, 176 N.Y. 84, 94). Its determination should be accorded great weight on appeal and should not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record (see, People v. Garafalo, 44 A.D.2d 86, 88). Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the...