People v. Whitney

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Wetzel, J.), rendered May 7, 2010, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third 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, 621 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to support the defendant’s conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Additionally, in fulfilling our responsibility to conduct an independent review…