People v. Ayers

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael A. Corriero, J.), rendered May 21, 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 imprisonment of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, and giving it the benefit of every reasonable inference (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932), the jury’s determination of defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt of criminal sale of a controlled…