Legal Opinion
People v. Samuels
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 14, 2002PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Defendants have been convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance, third degree (Penal Law § 220.39 [1]) on the basis of their offer to sell crack cocaine to an undercover police officer. They argue that there was insufficient evidence to support conviction on an “offer to sell” theory, and that the jury instructions failed to state the elements of the crime. Neither argument has merit.
On April 24, 1998, an undercover police officer went to a Manhattan street corner where he had previously purchased crack cocaine, found a group gathered there, and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. LaddNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. FeerickNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- People v. MikeNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. MullenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. . RadcliffeNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
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3Cited by76 opinions
- United States v. WhindletonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
- People v. VargasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- United States v. BryantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
- Larry Press Wells v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
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