Legal Opinion
People v. Velez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 18, 1996PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered March 10, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution and giving it 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 support the verdict. Upon an independent review of the facts, we find…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. MaliziaNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. BlydenNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. BriskoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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