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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wendell Keane, Appellant

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division2003-04-14
304 A.D.2d 673757 N.Y.S.2d 487

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Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered February 27, 2001, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish his guilt of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Younger, 299 AD2d 431 [2002], lv denied 99 NY2d 566 [2002]; People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10 [1995]; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245 [1989]). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see CPL 470.15 [5]). Santucci, J.P., Krausman, Crane and Mastro, JJ., concur.