People v. Halpin

—Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 15, 1977, convicting him of criminal usury, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. On their direct case the People introduced in evidence statements *660made by defendant’s coparticipant Danny Colasanto during the course of the usurious transactions, which implicated defendant. The trial court properly held that the People made out a prima facie case based upon evidence independent of those statements, that defendant and Colasanto were coparticipants in a conspiracy and consequently…