Legal Opinion
People v. Garcia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 12, 1993PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira R. Globerman, J.), rendered October 10, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 6 to 12 years, affirmed.
The undercover officer, qualified as an expert, was properly allowed to give expert testimony to explain the methodology of street drug sales (People v Diaz, 181 AD2d 595, lv denied 79 NY2d 1048). As the trial court specifically found, "[T]here are aspects of the conduct that are alleged to have occurred here that would raise problems to a lay…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. DiazAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. MasonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
3Cited by11 opinions
- People v. GarciaNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. AmadorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. McMillianAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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