People v. Newton

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J., at hearing; Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered June 15, 1995, convicting defendant of two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5V2 to 11 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based upon legally sufficient evidence (see, People v Jones, 249 AD2d 251), and was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). Defendant was observed by an experienced narcotics officer…