Legal Opinion
People v. Cooper
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 22, 1996PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
Defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and sentenced, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate prison term of from 21h years to 5 years. The Appellate Division, with one Justice dissenting, modified defendant’s conviction by reducing the conviction to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree based on the absence of any proof that defendant knew she possessed 500 milligrams of cocaine, and remanded…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. GrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. ConaNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. NobleNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. CooperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. CooperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by33 opinions
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- People v. CarterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- People v. CraftAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
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