People v. Simmons

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee A. White, J.), rendered May 3, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and *236sentencing him to concurrent terms of six years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning identification and credibility (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). The victim’s identification testimony was extensively corroborated by circumstantial evidence.

The court’s Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate…