People v. Foster

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered February 25, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 25 years to life and 25 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. On the contrary, the evidence, which featured numerous identifying witnesses who knew and recognized defendant, was overwhelming. Minor discrepancies in the witnesses’ testimony, based…