People v. Smith

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Frederic Berman, J.), rendered February 27, 1997, 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 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The totality of the conduct of defendant and the other participants, including directions given by defendant, permitted the jury to reasonably conclude that defendant was acting in concert in the drug…