Opinion
No. 2006-08173.
April 15, 2008.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Berry, J.), rendered July 26, 2006, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and menacing in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
John R. Lewis, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., for appellant.
Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (David R. Huey of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Mastro, J.P., Ritter, Carni and, McCarthy, JJ.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the testimony of the accomplice was unsupported by corroborative evidence is unpreserved for appellate review ( see CPL 470.05; People v Jay, 41 AD3d 615; People v Shaaban, 14 AD3d 721). In any event, his contention is without merit. The accomplice testimony was sufficiently corroborated by independent evidence connecting the defendant to the crimes of which he was convicted ( see CPL 60.22; People v Breland, 83 NY2d 286; People v Goodson, 35 AD3d 760, 761; People v Lawrence, 17 AD3d 697, 698). Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution ( see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.