People v. Mears

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Micki A. Scherer, J., on speedy trial motion; Joan C. Sudolnik, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered August 22, 2005, convicting defendant of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 18 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. *440As an alternative holding, we also reject it on the merits. Furthermore, the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson,…