PEOPLE v. MORGAN

Judgment affirmed.

The credibility of the testimony of the witnesses was an issue for the trier of fact to determine (see, e.g., People v Gruttola, 43 N.Y.2d 116; People v. Joyiens, 39 N.Y.2d 197; People v. Cook, 99 A.D.2d 552) and viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution as we must ( People v. Kennedy, 47 N.Y.2d 196; People v. Benzinger, 36 N.Y.2d 29; People v. Leach, 57 A.D.2d 332), a rational trier of fact could have found that the People proved beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant knowingly possessed a loaded firearm ( Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307; People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620).

Mollen, P.J., Bracken, O'Connor and Niehoff, JJ., concur.