People v. Briggs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed in accordance with the following Memorandum: Defendant contends that his convic*996tion is against the weight of the evidence because the jury erred in crediting the testimony of the prosecution’s chief witness. "Credibility is best determined by the trier of fact who has the advantage of observing the witnesses and, necessarily, is in a superior position to judge veracity than an appellate court, which reviews but the printed record” (People v Shedrick, 104 AD2d 263, 274, affd 66 NY2d 1015, rearg denied 67 NY2d 758; see also,…
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