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People v. Cruz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 24, 2010
74 A.D.3d 676 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

No. 3144.

June 24, 2010.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel E FitzGerald, J.), rendered December 22, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to concurrent terms of three years, unanimously affirmed.

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (John B.F. Martin of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Saxe, J.P., Friedman, Nardelli, Moskowitz and Richter, JJ.


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence ( see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility. In addition to an officer's testimony about having observed defendant engaging in an apparent drug transaction, the evidence of defendant's intent to sell included his possession of 25 methadone pills and $340 ( see People v Daley, 281 AD2d 244, lv denied 96 NY2d 827).

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.


Summaries of

People v. Cruz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 24, 2010
74 A.D.3d 676 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

People v. Cruz

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DAVID CRUZ, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jun 24, 2010

Citations

74 A.D.3d 676 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 5670
902 N.Y.S.2d 364