People v. Ringer

Defendant did not preserve his challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we also reject it on the merits. We also find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). The evidence supports an inference of constructive possession (see People v Manini, 79 NY2d 561, 573 [1992]), and it does not support defendant’s theory that a coworker may have secreted drugs in defendant’s personal workstation.

The prosecutor’s summation did not deprive…