Legal Opinion

People v. Padilla

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

Decided February 25, 1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered April 10, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The evidence was not insufficient (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), and the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). The credibility of the testimony of the undercover officer and the accuracy of his identification of defendant were for the jury to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Parke v. RaleySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. People v. MosleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1986

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. VillanuevaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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