Legal Opinion

People v. McCleese

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

Decided October 26, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Edelstein, J.), rendered January 9, 1986, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him as a second felony offender.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find that, viewing the evidence presented at the trial in the light most favorable to the defendant, no reasonable view of such evidence would support a defense of entrapment. *853Thus, the trial court did not err in refusing the defendant’s request to charge the jury with respect…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. WattsNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. People v. SundholmAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  3. People v. RuizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  4. People v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978

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