People v. Hames

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES HAMES, Appellant

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

Date published: May 13, 1999

261 A.D.2d 193 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 393

Opinion

May 13, 1999

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.).

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The totality of the course of conduct of defendant and the other participants in the transactions, and, in particular, the timing of the events in question (see, People v. Whatley, 69 N.Y.2d 784, 785), permitted the jury to reasonably infer that defendant was part of a well-orchestrated continuing scheme to sell large quantities of PCP to the undercover officer.

Concur — Ellerin, P. J., Tom, Lerner, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.