People v. Bessaha

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Calabrese, J.), rendered June 26, 2002, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), and affording it the benefit of every favorable inference to be drawn therefrom, the evidence was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Sadler, 49 AD3d 670 [2008], Iv denied 10 NY3d…