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People v. Myers

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jan 15, 1976
51 A.D.2d 608 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)

Opinion

January 15, 1976


Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Madison County, rendered October 10, 1974, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree. On this appeal defendant raises two issues urging reversal, neither of which has merit. Initially, defendant asserts that the prosecution's interjection of the uncharged crime of sale of controlled substances constituted reversible error. We find no prejudice to defendant from a reference by the investigator that the substance, weighing one pound and one ounce, found packaged as it was into "lids", would be for the purpose of resale. Nor was the reference to "making money selling marijuana" by the prosecution on his cross-examination of defendant prejudicial error. Defendant also contends that the prosecutor made prejudicial remarks in his summation concerning his personal knowledge of defendant's guilt and ascribing to defendant's prior counsel the knowledge of defendant's guilt. Defendant had testified on cross-examination in answer to a question as to why his prior counsel had resigned that he resigned because he thought defendant was guilty. The prosecution's comment on the withdrawal of defendant's counsel in his summation, therefore, lacked the prejudicial content of a claim of personal knowledge "`that defendant's counsel * * * had become convinced of his client's guilt', as was the situation in People v Tassiello [ 300 N.Y. 425, 430]" (People v Broady, 5 N.Y.2d 500, 515). Furthermore, no objection was made to the prosecution's remarks and, assuming error, we conclude it was not prejudicial on this record. (People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230.) Judgment affirmed. Herlihy, P.J., Sweeney, Kane, Koreman and Larkin, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Myers

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jan 15, 1976
51 A.D.2d 608 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)
Case details for

People v. Myers

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT DALE MYERS…

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

Date published: Jan 15, 1976

Citations

51 A.D.2d 608 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)