People v. Rojas

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered September 9, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict rejecting defendant’s agency defense was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). The evidence supported the conclusion that defendant did not act solely to accommodate…