People v. Hojas

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rios, J.), rendered November 25, 1998, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The evidence established that the defendant exercised a sufficient level of control over the back room of his…