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PEOPLE v. SMITH

6 A.D.3d 338 (2004)

775 N.Y.S.2d 148

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DEBRA SMITH, Appellant.

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

April 27, 2004.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. Issues of credibility, including the weight to be given to the backgrounds of the People's witnesses and the benefits they received in return for their testimony, were properly considered by the jury and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations.

The record establishes that defendant received effective assistance of counsel (see People v Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708

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