Legal Opinion

People v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 26, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. AlfaroNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. People v. RogersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. People v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. People v. CoonanNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. People v. SanabriaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. JohnsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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