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The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Marlon PAYNE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), rendered September 27, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant did not preserve his sufficiency claim and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence. We further find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility, including its resolution of alleged inconsistencies in testimony (see People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495, 515 N.Y.S.2d 761, 508 N.E.2d 672 [1987] ). The victim's injuries went beyond the category of “petty slaps, shoves, kicks and the like” (Matter of Philip A., 49 N.Y.2d 198, 200, 424 N.Y.S.2d 418, 400 N.E.2d 358 [1980] ), and satisfied the element of physical injury (see People v. Chiddick, 8 N.Y.3d 445, 834 N.Y.S.2d 710, 866 N.E.2d 1039 [2007]; People v. Guidice, 83 N.Y.2d 630, 636, 612 N.Y.S.2d 350, 634 N.E.2d 951 [1994] ).
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.
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Decided: November 15, 2007
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
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