People v. Martinez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John A.K. Bradley, J.), rendered March 26, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted burglary in the first degree and possession of burglar’s tools, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of eight years and one year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was supported by legally sufficient evidence (see e.g. People v Williams, 84 NY2d 925 [1994]). Defendant was not convicted on the basis of his mere presence at the scene, but upon an extensive chain of circumstantial evidence that established…