Legal Opinion

People v. Rivera

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 26, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice Shea, J.), rendered March 3, 1995, 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 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The entire course of conduct among defendant, the undercover officer, and the codefendant established that defendant intentionally participated in the sale by taking the officer’s order for drugs, and that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. People v. HernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. People v. JobNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. People v. SanchezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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