PEOPLE v. VELEZ


270 A.D.2d 134 (2000)

706 N.Y.S.2d 306

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE VELEZ, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided March 21, 2000.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the court's determinations concerning credibility. The court properly rejected, as incredible, defendant's explanation for his presence in the complainant's ransacked apartment.

We conclude that defendant received effective assistance of counsel (see, People v Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 713-714;...

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