Opinion
March 30, 2000.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered June 4, 1998, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree, criminal contempt in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and endangering the welfare of a child, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 11 to 22 years, 2 1/2 to 7 years, 1 1/2 to 4 years, 1 year and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
Mathew Kleiner, for Respondent.
Claudia S. Trupp, for Defendant-Appellant.
TOM, J.P., ELLERIN, WALLACH, SAXE, JJ.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Contrary to defendant's arguments, the totality of the evidence, which included defendant's declaration of his intention to kill his estranged wife as he stabbed her in the presence of their three-year-old son, clearly established defendant's guilt of attempted murder and endangering the welfare of a child. We see no reason to disturb the court's credibility determinations, which are supported by the record.
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.