People v. Carrion

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered May 21, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of SVz to 11 years, unanimously affirmed.

After the People rested their case and defendant rested without presenting any evidence, defendant, who had not previously mentioned an agency defense, successfully requested a jury charge…