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People v. Velasquez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 2, 1998
249 A.D.2d 11 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

April 2, 1998

Appeal from Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy Kahn, J.).


The court's verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There was ample evidence establishing defendant's intentional participation in the sale, and refuting the agency defense, including evidence that defendant, in conjunction with steering an undercover officer to the seller for the purchase of heroin, exercised exclusive control over public access to the seller and acted as a lookout by standing in the doorway of a building, keeping the door ajar, throughout two transactions. We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit.

Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Wallach, Williams, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Velasquez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 2, 1998
249 A.D.2d 11 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

People v. Velasquez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JORGE VELASQUEZ, Also…

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

Date published: Apr 2, 1998

Citations

249 A.D.2d 11 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
671 N.Y.S.2d 224

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