Legal Opinion

People v. Rivera-Lugo

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

Decided March 24, 1994PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J.), rendered March 11, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and seventh degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of YVz to 9 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the People (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932), the eyewitness testimony that defendant exchanged drugs for money and was arrested with four glassines of heroin in his possession was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. MaliziaNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. EmphramAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. GillyardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. People v. GordonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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