People v. Stokes

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), rendered December 9, 1986, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the evidence was legally insufficient to prove that he had the requisite mental culpability for the crimes of which he was convicted. In order to sustain the findings of guilt against the defendant for criminal possession…