People v. Shanks

—Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee White, J.), rendered August 13, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and, upon his guilty plea, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The evidence of defendant’s orchestration of the drug selling operation was legally sufficient to support a finding that he had constructive possession, i.e., dominion and control, of the drugs recovered from his accomplice…