Legal Opinion
People v. Gonzalez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 28, 1987PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Mclnerney, J.), rendered January 16, 1986, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The court’s instruction to the jury that it was not to draw any unfavorable inferences from the defendant’s failure to testify was proper, as it was nearly identical to the language in CPL 300.10 (2). Further, this court has held that to give a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- People v. AbreuAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
3Cited by10 opinions
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