Legal Opinion

People v. Layton

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

Decided April 13, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), rendered May 13, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of IV2 to 41/2 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. We find no basis in the record to disturb the jury’s determinations concerning credibility of witnesses.

Defendant’s arguments with respect to the court’s jury instructions are similar to those…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. LillyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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