Legal Opinion
People v. Acosta
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 20, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered September 19, 1990, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant asserts that a portion of the charge in the nature of a predeliberation Allen instruction (see, Allen v United States, 164 US 492) was unduly coercive, resulting in a deprivation of his right to a fair trial (see, People v Ali, 47 NY2d 920). However, since the defendant failed to object to the charge as…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- People v. ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. MalloyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. AliNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. McCrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. SpragionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. GordonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. AllenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002