Legal Opinion
People v. Perez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 2, 1999PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered September 24, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 15 years to life and IV2 to 4V2 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly declined to deliver a circumstantial evidence charge, since the case against defendant did not rest exclusively on circumstantial evidence. Contrary to defendant’s argument, a constructive possession case is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. DaddonaNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. BrianNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. DavidAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
3Cited by11 opinions
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- People v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. SantiagoNew York Court of Appeals · 2013
- People v. BianchiniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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