| People v Veras |
| 2015 NY Slip Op 09308 [134 AD3d 963] |
| December 16, 2015 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Rony Veras, Appellant. |
Gary E. Eisenberg, New City, NY, for appellant.
Thomas P. Zugibe, District Attorney, New City, NY (Carrie A. Ciganek and Itamar J.Yeger of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County(Kelly, J.), rendered June 7, 2012, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon inthe second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contentions regarding the County Court's Sandoval ruling(see People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371 [1974]) are unpreserved for appellatereview (see People vMantock, 117 AD3d 753, 754 [2014]; People v McClain, 61 AD3d 703, 704 [2009]) and, in anyevent, without merit.
The defendant's contention that his conviction was not supported by legally sufficientevidence is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10[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 sufficientto establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon ourindependent review of the evidence pursuant to CPL 470.15 (5), we are satisfied that theverdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Romero, 7 NY3d633 [2006]).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80[1982]). Balkin, J.P., Hall, Cohen and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.