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15-127. THE PEOPLE, res, v. JULISSA RUIZ, def-app — Judgment of conviction (Harold Adler, J.), rendered February 18, 2014, affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v. Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348–349 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s credibility determinations, including its assessment of police testimony that defendant drove straight across three lanes of a traffic circle, and exhibited visible signs of intoxication. The videos admitted into evidence, which show, inter alia, defendant performing various coordination tests and walking unsteadily, speak for themselves; and when viewed in conjunction with the manner in which defendant operated the motor vehicle, her statement that she had a “strong” drink, her appearance and comportment at the scene, and the results of the Intoxilyer 5000 breath testing device, which measured defendant’s blood alcohol content at.18 percent, we cannot say that the verdict convicting her of driving while intoxicated (see Vehicle and Traffic Law §1192[3]) was against the weight of the evidence (see People v. Cruz, 48 NY2d 419, 426-427 [1979], appeal dismissed 446 US 901 [1980].

 
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