People v. Sierra

OPINION OF THE COURT

Cooke, J.

We reiterate here that which has been stated before, although not without some controversy, and that which should be readily apparent from legal as well as logical analyses— that the existence of an agency relationship furnishes no defense upon a charge for the mere criminal possession. of a controlled substance, knowingly and unlawfully possessed.1

This proposition obtains regardless of whether the charged possession involves a minimum separate quantity or aggregate amount of such a substance or substances (see *59Penal Law, §§ 220.03, 220.06, subds 2, 3; §§ 220.09,…