People v. Lugo

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered February 13, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and three counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of five years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we find that the verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence. We further find…