Legal Opinion
People v. Cajigas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 24, 1990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Felig, J.), rendered January 5, 1989, 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.
The defendant contends that the People failed to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was acting solely as an agent of the buyer, an undercover police officer. To be an agent of a buyer of narcotics, a defendant must be a mere extension of the buyer (see, People v Argibay, 45 NY2d 45, cert *629denied sub nom.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. ArgibayNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. BennetteNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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