People v. Cassells

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Donati, J.), rendered January 17, 1996, 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 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). We see no reason to disturb the jury’s credibility determinations. The discrepancy between the arresting police officer’s description of the cocaine recovered from…