Legal Opinion

People v. Ellsworth

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

Decided September 12, 1991PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James J. Leff, J.), rendered June 6, 1990, *128convicting defendant after a jury trial of criminal sale of controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to an indeterminate prison term of from 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

We reject defendant’s argument that the court erred in admitting explanatory testimony by the undercover police officer respecting general street drug sale practices inasmuch as this testimony was admissible to explain the absence of prerecorded buy money and contraband from the items seized…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. RomanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  2. People v. MatosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. KelseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. People v. TevahaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  4. People v. FlockerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  5. People v. AlstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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