People v. Murray

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy L. Kahn, J.), rendered May 22, 2015, 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 four years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict, which rejected defendant’s agency defense, was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). Moreover, there was overwhelming evidence “that defendant acted as a steerer whose duties included escorting…