Legal Opinion

People v. Barber

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

Decided September 27, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of one count each of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, based upon a drug transaction on June 17, 1994 with an informant. The jury acquitted defendant of the same charges based upon an earlier drug transaction that day with the same informant.

Defendant contends that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence because the jury must have concluded that the informant was not a credible witness with…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977

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