Legal Opinion

People v. Espinoza

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

Decided July 28, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grajales, J.), rendered June 29, 1995, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Pursuant to a so-called “buy and bust” operation, the defendant was arrested for selling cocaine to an undercover police officer in Brooklyn on September 1, 1994. Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the court properly exercised its discre*555tion in its Sandoval ruling. The defendant had two related prior convictions, the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. PavaoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. RomanNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. People v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  5. People v. RomanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. MyronAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  2. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  3. People v. ForinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. People v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  5. People v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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