
    Second Department,
    June, 2010
    (January 26, 2010)
    
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Andre Jackson, Appellant.
    [902 NYS2d 824]
    
      
       Not published with the other Second Department decisions of January 26, 2010.
    
   Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Erlbaum, J.), rendered April 16, 2008, convicting him of robbery in the third degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In fulfilling our responsibility to conduct an independent review of the weight of the evidence (see CPL 470.15 [5]; People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342 [2007]), we nevertheless accord great deference to the factfinder’s opportunity to view the witnesses, hear the testimony, and observe demeanor (see People v Mateo, 2 NY3d 383, 410 [2004], cert denied 542 US 946 [2004]; People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). Upon reviewing the record here, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Romero, 7 NY3d 633 [2006]). Santucci, J.P., Dickerson, Eng and Chambers, JJ., concur.  