Legal Opinion

People v. Diaz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 27, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

We find that the evidence before the Grand Jury was sufficient to support the charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. Viewed in a light most favorable to the prosecution (People v Jennings, 69 NY2d 103, 115), the evidence that defendant actually handled the drugs at issue, which weighed, in the aggregate, V-U ounces, along with the fact that the drugs were packaged in two separate *369bags, each containing cocaine in different forms, as well as his possession of a substantial quantity of "telltale” commercial drug packaging materials such as vials and colored…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. JenningsNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. People v. SanchezNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. People v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1995

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Lawrence P. Dixon v. Thomas J. Miller, Acting Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
  2. Lawrence P. Dixon v. Thomas J. Miller, Acting Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
  3. Lawrence P. Dixon v. Thomas J. Miller, Acting Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002

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