People v. Patnelli

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J., at hearing; Renee White, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered September 8, 1997, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury’s determinations concerning credibility. There was overwhelming evidence of defendant’s participation in the sale,…