Legal Opinion

People v. Rivera

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 23, 1991PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chetta, J.), rendered May 22, 1990, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted based upon evidence that he handed several white packets to an individual in exchange for an unknown amount of money; that shortly after this exchange, the police recovered seven white packets of cocaine from underneath the car seat of the individual to whom the *621defendant had handed the packets;…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. . GaimariNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. People v. GarafoloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
  4. People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. People v. OchoaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. TateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  2. People v. AziziandavidiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. People v. TomlinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. People v. GardnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  5. People v. MoralesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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