People v. Morris

Although defendant contends that his conviction was against the weight of the evidence, he did not dispute that crack cocaine was recovered from the Cl and that she testified to having purchased it from him. While defendant made substantial efforts to call the Cl’s version of events into question, a police detective who observed the transaction largely corroborated her account. The jury chose to credit that testimony in finding that defendant had “knowingly and unlawfully [sold] a narcotic drug” (Penal Law § 220.39 [1]). Viewing the evidence in a neutral light and deferring to the jury’s…