People v. Holloway

*405The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility. Defendant’s identity was confirmed by the recovery of prerecorded buy money from his pocket upon his arrest, and defendant’s argument that the evidence raises doubts about whether such a recovery was ever made is unpersuasive.

After a thorough inquiry, the court properly discharged, as grossly unqualified, a juror who informed the court that he had observed the three police witnesses at lunch together, had…