Matter of Joseph
M.
Matter of Joseph M.
2004 NYSlipOp 06714
Decided on
Appellate Division, First Department
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before
publication in the Official Reports.
Decided on
Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Saxe, Ellerin, Lerner, JJ.
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[*1]In re Joseph M., A Person Alleged to be a Juvenile
Delinquent, Appellant.
Presentment Agency
George E. Reed, Jr.,
Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation
Counsel,
A. Brenner of counsel), for presentment
agency.
Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Alma
Cordova, J.), entered on or about July 7, 2003, which adjudicated appellant a
juvenile delinquent, upon a fact-finding determination that he committed acts
which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crimes of criminal sale
of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a
controlled substance in the third degree, and placed him on probation for a
period of 18 months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court's finding was based on legally sufficient evidence
and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for
disturbing the court's determinations concerning credibility (see People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94 [1903]). The totality of appellant's
conduct, taken together with that of his cohorts, warrants the inference that
appellant was a participant in the drug transaction, whose function was to
secrete the proceeds (see People v Bello, 92 NY2d 523
[1998]). Furthermore, the petition sufficiently set forth appellant's role in
the transaction (see id.) and was not jurisdictionally defective.
Appellant's challenge to the form of the court's finding is
unpreserved (Matter of Tukayra W., 309 AD2d 623
[2003], lv denied 1 NY3d 505 [2003]), and we decline
to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would
find that the court's fact-finding order complied with the statutory
requirements (id.).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED:
CLERK