People v. Rivera

Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bernard J. Fried, J.), rendered January 7, 1987 convicting defendant-appellant, following a jury trial, of attempted criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree and sentencing him as a second felony offender to an indeterminate term of 2 to 4 years in prison, is unanimously affirmed.

The evidence, viewed most favorably to the People, was sufficient to support the conviction (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury’s acceptance of the testimony by prosecution witnesses that the defendant…