People v. Tejeda

Memorandum: We find the evidence legally sufficient to support defendant’s conviction for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. In reviewing evidence for its sufficiency, we are obligated to consider the proof in the light most favorable to the People, to assume that the jury credited the prosecution witnesses, and to give it the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom (People v Way, 59 NY2d 361, 365; People v Benzinger, 36 NY2d 29, 32). So viewed, the evidence reveals that some three hours after defendant Tejeda and his codefendant Torres had…