Legal Opinion
People v. Thompson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 30, 1994PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*479OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
Defendant was indicted and convicted after trial of the sale of two ounces, 33 grains of cocaine (a class A-I felony) to an undercover police officer on August 31, 1988. The trial testimony established that, in a known drug location, defendant sold the undercover officer 214 vials of cocaine for $2,000 and promised to "take care of’ him "the next time” he came. At the time of the sale she was 17 years old. Conviction of a class A-I felony carries a mandatory indeterminate prison sentence, the minimum of which is not less than 15 years and not more than 25 years,…
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3Cited by95 opinions
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