People v. Johnson

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Yates, J.), rendered May 25, *5201993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4½ to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in light most favorable to the People and giving them the benefit of every reasonable inference (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932), we find that the evidence was sufficient as a matter of law to establish defendant’s guilt of possession of drugs with intent to…