People v. Cromer

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Megan Tallmer, J.), rendered October 25, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

The jury’s verdict rejecting defendant’s agency defense was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Although the transaction may have been more cordial than most, there is no reason to conclude that it was essentially a romantic encounter (compare People v…