People v. Bornhoeft

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J), rendered August 18, 2006, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, aggravated cruelty to animals (four counts), criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and criminal trespass in the third 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 People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342 [2007]; CPL 470.15 [5]), we nevertheless accord great deference to the jury’s opportunity to…