People v. Rivera

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert A. Sackett, J.), rendered June 30, 2005, 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 not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s credibility determinations (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]), including its resolution of alleged inconsistencies in testimony and conflicts between testimony and physical evidence.

The court instructed the jury that during its deliberations one of its…