People v. Pena

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered June 24, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the jury’s determinations concerning credibility and identification. Given these determinations, there was ample evidence, consisting of, inter alia, defendant’s partially inculpatory statements and the eyewitness testimony linking him…