People v. Ricks

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Thorp, J.), rendered January 17, 1990, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the People failed to disprove the defense of agency beyond a reasonable doubt. We disagree. While the defendant did not initiate the drug transaction, his…