PEOPLE v. GARCIA


2 A.D.3d 321 (2003)

768 N.Y.S.2d 606

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VICTOR GARCIA, Appellant.

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

December 23, 2003.


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. Issues of credibility, including the weight to be given to the background of the accomplice witness and the benefits he obtained in return for his testimony, were properly considered by the jury and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations (see People v Gaimari, 176 N.Y. 84, 94 [1903]). The corroboration requirement of CPL 60.22 was fully satisfied by evidence adduced at trial, including defendant's...

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