People v. Robinson

Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the People (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), it was legally sufficient to establish defendant’s guilt of the crimes of which he was convicted. Moreover, the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (CPL 470.15 [5]). The trial court properly granted the prosecutor’s request for a jury charge with respect to the presumption of knowing possession of drugs found in open view in a private room by those in close proximity thereto (People v Hayes, 175 AD2d 13, 14, lv denied 78 NY2d 1011), and the charge conveyed the appropriate legal…