Legal Opinion

People v. McCoy

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

Decided April 30, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Donati, J.), rendered November 17, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the jury’s credibility determinations.

The trial court properly declined to charge the jury on the defense of agency, since “[t]he jury could not reasonably conclude from the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. HerringNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. People v. ErasoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. People v. GreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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