People v. Rivera

County (Robert Straus, J.), rendered July 13, 1995, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and sentencing him to concurrent prison terms of 1 year, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was supported by legally sufficient evidence (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620) and was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495), since *302there was ample evidence that defendant took several videotapes belonging to his mother…