| People v Hayes |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 00526 [47 AD3d 835] |
| January 22, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v SolonHayes, Appellant. |
—[*1] Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, JohnnetteTraill, and Christopher Barnett of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hollie, J.),rendered June 19, 2006, convicting him of promoting prostitution in the third degree, upon a juryverdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish his guilt ofpromoting prostitution in the third degree is unpreserved for appellate review, since he failed toaddress any specific legal errors as a basis for dismissal of those counts in the trial court(see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10, 19 [1995]). In any event,viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes,60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guiltbeyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power (seeCPL 470.15 [5]), we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of theevidence (see People v Romero, 7NY3d 633 [2006]). Spolzino, J.P., Skelos, Florio and Angiolillo, JJ., concur.