People v. Shabazz

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.), rendered March 19, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of IV2 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There was ample evidence of defendant’s participation in the crime, including evidence that he engaged in the “casing” of potential victims, distracted the complainant as the codefendant took property from the complainant’s…