The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Since the evidence revealed that the sale and arrest took place on the same block, it was inconsequential that the People presented evidence of the distance from defendant's arrest location to the school instead of the distance between the sale location and the school (see, People v Zelaya,
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