People v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Vaughn, J.), rendered February 28, 1994, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The agency charge given by the court was a correct statement of law and the jury did not request any supplemental instructions on that defense. Therefore, we find that the court’s decision not to give a supplemental instruction was a proper exercise of discretion (see, e.g., People v Coonan, 48 NY2d 772; People v…
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