People v. Dixon

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Donnino, J.), rendered July 6, 2015, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the jury verdict was against the weight of the evidence. In fulfilling our responsibility to conduct an independent review of the weight of the evidence (see CPL 470.15 [5]; People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]), we nevertheless accord great deference to the opportunity of the finder of fact to view the witnesses,…