Legal Opinion

People v. Wells

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

Decided November 8, 1993Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (DeLury, J.), rendered September 23, 1991, 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.

In this so-called "buy and bust” case, the defendant contends that the court’s failure to instruct the jury to consider the accuracy of the undercover officer’s prior description of the perpetrator in evaluating his credibility was reversible error. This alleged error was not preserved for appellate review, since the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. CantyNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. HokeNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  4. People v. BronsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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