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THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT, v. PHILLIP GONZALES, APPELLANT.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

Resolution of issues of credibility, as well as the weight to be accorded to the evidence presented, are primarily questions to be determined by the jury, which saw and heard the witnesses (see, People v. Gaimari, 176 N.Y. 84, 94). Its determination should be accorded great weight on appeal and should not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record (see, People v. Garafolo, 44 A.D.2d 86, 88). Given the undercover officer's testimony that he observed the defendant take money from another man and pour methadone into that man's empty bottle, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).

The defendant's contention that the trial court's Allen charge (see, Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492) was coercive is unpreserved for appellate review, as he neither requested a specific charge nor objected to the charge given (see, People v. Ahmed, 269 A.D.2d 458; People v. Perdomo, 204 A.D.2d 358). In any event, the charge was balanced andneutral in tone, and it did not urge any dissenting jurors to abandon their convictions and acquiesce in the opinion of the other jurors, attempt to coerce or compel the jurors to reach a particular verdict, or shame them into reaching a verdict (see, People v. Ahmed, supra; People v. Perdomo, supra; People v. Fleury, 177 A.D.2d 504).

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PEOPLE v. GONZALES
(Mar 5, 2001)