People v. Castro

Judgement Supreme Court, New York County (Maxwell Wiley, J.), rendered June 1, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of seven years, unanimously affirmed.

*478The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s credibility determinations (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). The evidence established that defendant displayed what appeared to be a weapon when he gestured with his hand in his pocket and threatened to shoot the victim.

The…