People v. Urtado

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berk-man, J), rendered October 11, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of tampering with physical evidence, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). Defendant’s behavior after a shooting incident in which the car he was driving was damaged by gunfire warranted the conclusion that defendant intended to prevent the use of his car in an official proceeding (see Penal Law § 215.40…