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112 A.D.2d 1002

People v. Andrews

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1985-08-12

Decided 1985-08-12

¶1Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dufficy, J.), rendered February 24, 1982, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, burglary in the second degree, and menacing, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

¶3Defendant contends that the evidence at trial was insufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. He claims that the testimony of the complaining witness was incredible as a matter of law. In view of the jury verdict we must view the evidence in a light most favorable to the People *1003(People v Di Girolamo, 108 AD2d 755, lv denied 64 NY2d 1133). Although minor inconsistencies appear in the complainant’s testimony, resolution of credibility was properly for the trier of fact (see, People v La Borde, 76 AD2d 869; People v Rosenfeld, 93 AD2d 872). We are "traditionally resistant to second guessing its determination on this issue” (People v Di Girolamo, supra, p 755; see, People v Rodriguez, 72 AD2d 571), and the facts in the case at bar do not compel the conclusion that a reasonable doubt existed as a matter of law. Mollen, P. J., Gibbons, Rubin and Kooper, JJ., concur.

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