People v. Marrero

*173Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard D. Carruthers, J.), rendered April 5, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. Issues of credibility, including the weight to be given the backgrounds of the People’s witnesses and inconsistencies in their testimony, were properly considered by the jury and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations (see People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94 [1903]). Two eyewitnesses, along…