Legal Opinion
People v. Laporte
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Donati, J.), rendered April 19, 1995, convicting each defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing each defendant, as a second felony offender, to a term of 7V2 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly admitted evidence of an uncharged contemporaneous drug sale, which was highly probative on the material issue of intent to sell (People v Lugo, 234 AD2d 124, lv denied 89 NY2d 987).
The court also properly admitted general background information regarding a typical…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- People v. RamosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. JustinianoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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3Cited by2 opinions
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