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171 A.D.2d 767

People v. Walcott

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1991-03-11

Decided 1991-03-11

¶1Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered August 30, 1988, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

¶2Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

¶3On appeal, the defendant contends that the prosecution’s main witness, because of his history of committing larcenous crimes, and inconsistencies in his testimony which reflect *768adversely upon his credibility, should not have been believed by the jury. However, 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 NY 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 Garafolo, 44 AD2d 86, 88). Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]). Bracken, J. P., Brown, O’Brien and Ritter, JJ., concur.

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