People v Ramirez, 2016 NY Slip Op 05770 [142 AD3d 567]

August 10, 2016

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Eloy Ramirez, Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (Mitchell J. Briskey of counsel), for appellant.

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Camille O’Hara Gillespie, and Kristen A. Carroll of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ozzi, J.), rendered March 15, 2011, convicting him of reckless endangerment in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and assault in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In fulfilling our responsibility to conduct an independent review of the weight of the evidence ( see CPL 470.15 [5]; People v Danielson , 9 NY3d 342 , 348-349 [2007]), we nevertheless accord great deference to the jury’s opportunity to view the witnesses, hear the testimony, and observe demeanor ( see People v Mateo , 2 NY3d 383, 410 [2004]). Upon reviewing the record here, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence ( see People v Romero , 7 NY3d 633 , 643-644 [2006]). Mastro, J.P., Cohen, Connolly and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur..