Legal Opinion

People v. Nesbit

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

Decided June 29, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Straus, J.), rendered April 16, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years and 1 year, respectively, 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 People presented overwhelming…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. OverleeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. People v. D'AlessandroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. SchwartzmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
  4. People v. BornholdtNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
  5. People v. MedinaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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