People v. Watkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtSpain, J.
Defendant’s argument that the verdict is not supported by the weight of evidence is based upon the premise that the jury should have credited his assertedly more credible account over that of the testifying correction officer, a proposition we find to be unsupported by the record. According deference to the jury’s first-hand ability to evaluate the conflicting accounts of the incident and to assess the credibility of the witnesses, we find no reason to disagree with its implicit decision to believe the officer’s account that defendant himself in fact discarded the metal rods—dangerous…
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