People v. Hernandez

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura Visitacion-Lewis, J.), rendered July 13, 1998, 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. Issues of credibility, including the weight to be given the backgrounds and motivations of the People’s witnesses, were properly considered by the trier of fact and there is no basis upon which to disturb its determinations.

The court properly admitted…