People v. Rodriguez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Naro, J.), rendered November 14, 1985, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s argument, the court’s charge as a whole correctly explained to the jury the statutory presumption of possession by the occupants of an automobile in which contraband is found (see, 3 CJI[NY] PL 220.25 [1], at 1805). We also reject the defendant’s argument that he was denied effective…