People v. Stapkowitz

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Philip M. Grella, J.), rendered February 19, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the third degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). The conclusion is inescapable that defendant was caught in the act…