People v. Alston

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Honorof, J.), rendered February 9, 2015, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts) and reckless endangerment in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In fulfilling our responsibility to conduct an independent review of the weight of the evidence (see CPL 470.15 [5]; People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348 [2007]), we nevertheless accord great deference to the jury’s opportunity to view the witnesses, hear the testimony,…