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People v. Watkins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 25, 1997
237 A.D.2d 194 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

March 25, 1997.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Obus, J.), rendered September 12, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of 4V2 to 9 years, 41/2 to 9 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Before: Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Milonas and Tom, JJ.


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence ( People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). Credibility issues raised by defendant were properly placed before the jury and we find no reason to disturb its findings ( see, People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94). The weight of the evidence supporting the counts upon which defendant was convicted is not undermined by his acquittal on another count.


Summaries of

People v. Watkins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 25, 1997
237 A.D.2d 194 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Watkins

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RONALD WATKINS…

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

Date published: Mar 25, 1997

Citations

237 A.D.2d 194 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
655 N.Y.S.2d 929