Legal Opinion
People v. Cortez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 18, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rios, J.), rendered June 12, 1995, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant argues that the trial court’s second and third Allen charges (see, Allen v United States, 164 US 492) were coercive. This claim is unpreserved for appellate review since the defendant never objected to the court’s charges as given (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Marero, 208 AD2d 769). In any event, the court’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- People v. PaganNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. FleuryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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