People v. Porto

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee White, J.), rendered February 17, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Contrary to defendant’s claim, the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). Credibility determinations of the fact finder are entitled to great deference and should not be disturbed unless manifestly erroneous and so plainly unjustified by the evidence that…