People v. Sanders

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered February 13, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of SVz years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s main and supplemental charges on the agency defense sufficiently conveyed the appropriate principles. The court properly instructed the jury to consider all the relevant factors, and any emphasis on the principle that a person who arranges a drug transaction primarily for his or her…