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The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Stanley DUFRENSE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Cataldo, J.), rendered October 21, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of three counts of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning identification and credibility (see People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495, 515 N.Y.S.2d 761, 508 N.E.2d 672 [1987] ). The evidence which, among other things, linked defendant to the theft of the victim's credit cards, supported the conclusion that he knowingly possessed them, and excluded any reasonable hypothesis of innocence beyond a reasonable doubt. The fact that the jury acquitted defendant of grand larceny does not warrant a different conclusion (see People v. Rayam, 94 N.Y.2d 557, 708 N.Y.S.2d 37, 729 N.E.2d 694 [2000]; People v. Williams, 239 A.D.2d 271, 658 N.Y.S.2d 18 [1997], lv. denied 90 N.Y.2d 899, 662 N.Y.S.2d 442, 685 N.E.2d 223 [1997] ).
Defendant's claim regarding the imposition of a mandatory surcharge and fees is unpreserved and unavailing (see People v. Lemos, 34 A.D.3d 343, 824 N.Y.S.2d 289 [2006] ).
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Decided: February 13, 2007
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
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