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4457-4458. PEOPLE, res, v. ASLAM FORDE, def-ap — PEOPLE, res, v. KABBA SOW, def-ap — Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Joseph M. Nursey of counsel), for Aslam Forde, ap — Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Marisa K. Cabrera of counsel), for Kabba Sow, ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Rebecca Hausner of counsel), for res — Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Juan M. Merchan, J.), rendered December 18, 2014, convicting defendants, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree and petit larceny, and sentencing defendant Forde, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 1 to 3 years, and sentencing defendant Sow to an aggregate term of 90 days, concurrent with 5 years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

The verdicts were supported by legally sufficient evidence and were not against the weight of the evidence (see People v. Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]). It was reasonable for the jury to infer defendants’ accessorial liability, based on the totality of their course of conduct in two stores, as established by eyewitness testimony and surveillance videotapes. The evidence supports inferences that both defendants knew that a third codefendant was making fraudulent purchases by means of a large number of debit cards not in his own name, and that both defendants assisted the third codefendant by gathering merchandise (in a hasty manner not indicative of legitimate shopping) and distracting the cashier while the sale was being consummated (see e.g. People v. Hazel, 26 AD3d 191 [1st Dept 2006], lv denied 6 NY3d 848 [2006]). The fact that defendants were acquitted of some charges does not warrant a different conclusion (see People v. Rayam, 94 NY2d 557 [2000]).

 
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