People v. Elmore

The defendant’s contention that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish that he acted in concert with his codefendants is without merit. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), there existed a “valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences [which] could lead a rational person to the conclusion reached by the fact finder on the basis of the evidence at trial” (People v Hines, 97 NY2d 56, 62 [2001] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see People v Coulter, 240 AD2d 756 [1997]; People v Roldan, 211 AD2d 366…