People v. Gardner

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lott, J.), rendered March 31, 2004, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the prosecution failed to prove his identity as one of the complainant’s attackers by legally sufficient evidence is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245 [1989]). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620…