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People v. Lopez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 4, 2001
279 A.D.2d 265 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

January 4, 2001.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered April 22, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Alan Gadlin, for respondent.

Dominic J. Sichenzia, for defendant-appellant.

Before: Williams, J.P., Mazzarelli, Andrias, Lerner, Friedman, JJ.


Contemporaneous uncharged sales were properly admitted to complete the narrative of events and to establish the extent of the officer's opportunity to observe defendant and make a reliable identification (see,People v. Pressley, 216 A.D.2d 202, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 800).

The court's compromise Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (see, People v. Walker, 83 N.Y.2d 455, 458-459).

Defendant failed to preserve his argument that the mandatory minimum sentence is unconstitutional as applied (see, People v. Ingram, 67 N.Y.2d 897, 899), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the sentence does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment (see, People v. Thompson, 83 N.Y.2d 477).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Lopez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 4, 2001
279 A.D.2d 265 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Lopez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. HERBERT LOPEZ…

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

Date published: Jan 4, 2001

Citations

279 A.D.2d 265 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
719 N.Y.S.2d 844

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