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People v. Hoffman

236 A.D.2d 487 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1997-02-10 English

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p. 487
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v DeJohn Hoffman, Appellant.
[654 NYS2d 601]

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Barasch, J.), rendered June 23, 1994, convicting him of murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the People failed to prove his identity as one of the robbers beyond a reasonable doubt is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10 ; People v Caballero, 177 AD2d 496 ). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 ), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]).

p. 488
The defendant’s remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Bracken, J. P., Ritter, Santucci and Altman, JJ., concur.

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