Legal Opinion

People v. Wright

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

Decided August 17, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judg*255ment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Leibovitz, J.), rendered July 28, 1997, which convicted defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to 6 to 12 years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court properly denied defendant’s request to charge criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree as a lesser included offense of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree since, based upon the evidence adduced at trial, the jury…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. People v. ScarboroughNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. People v. LaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. People v. PalmerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  5. People v. RichardsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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