People v. Inge

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.), rendered June 2, 1988, by which defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and sentenced to concurrent terms of 4 to 12 years in prison, unanimously affirmed.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the People (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755 [1984]), was sufficient to support the jury’s verdict, which was not inherently inconsistent and not repugnant. (See generally, People v Tucker, 55 NY2d 1 [1981].) Acquittal on the murder charge did not, on these facts, require acquittal on the weapons possession charge. The court’s denial of the motion for separate trials was a sound exercise of discretion. Defendant’s burden to demonstrate that the court’s decision was an abuse of discre

Defendant’s other arguments have been reviewed and found to be without merit. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Ross, Rosenberger, Asch and Rubin, JJ.