People v. Howard

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Rensselaer County (Dwyer, Jr., J.), rendered June 30, 1988, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

County Court promptly gave a clarifying charge upon defendant’s exception to its initial charge on the defense of agency, and no further exceptions were made by defendant. Additionally, no objections were made when, at the jury’s request, the court gave further instructions on this defense. Under the…