THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. WILLIAM CAMPBELL JR DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2013)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:  Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon a jury verdict, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law § 265.03[3] ) and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (§ 265.02[1], [3] ).   Viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crimes as charged to the jury (see People v. Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349), and affording deference to the jury's credibility determinations (see People v. Wedlington, 67 AD3d 1472, 1473, lv denied 14 NY3d 807), we reject defendant's contention that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence (see generally People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495).  “Although there was conflicting testimony and thus ‘an acquittal would not have been unreasonable’ “ (People v. Burroughs, 57 AD3d 1459, 1460, lv denied 12 NY3d 756, quoting Danielson, 9 NY3d at 348), the verdict is supported by the weight of the credible evidence, i.e., the testimony of the evidence technician, security guard, and two police officers that defendant was found shortly after the shooting, albeit unconscious from a gunshot wound to the head, with a fully loaded defaced pistol on his lap.

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court