People v. Cureton

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Thomas P Franczyk, J.), rendered May 23, 2011. The judgment convicted defendant, after a nonjury verdict, of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree and criminal contempt in the second degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him following a nonjury trial of, inter alia, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree (Penal Law § 135.05), defendant contends that the verdict with respect to that crime is against the weight of the evidence. Although we…