PEOPLE v. RIVERA

3643/13, 2172, 1326/13, 2171.

144 A.D.3d 483 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 07578

40 N.Y.S.3d 428

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ERICK RIVERA, Appellant.

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

Decided November 15, 2016.


The verdict was supported by legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's credibility determinations. The evidence supports an inference that the victim's injuries were more than mere "petty slaps, shoves, kicks and the like" (Matter of Philip A., 49 N.Y.2d 198

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