People v. Itchier

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Itchier

304 A.D.2d 480, 758 N.Y.S.2d 324, 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4272

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedApril 24, 2003

StatusPublished

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People v. Itchier, 304 A.D.2d 480, 758 N.Y.S.2d 324, 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4272 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2003).

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered January 28, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility. The totality of the evidence, including the fact that defendant initiated contact with the undercover officer, warranted the conclusion that defendant participated in the drug sale and did not merely supply general information as to where drugs could be obtained (see People v Bello, 92 NY2d 523 [1998]).

[481]*481We decline to invoke our interest of justice jurisdiction to dismiss the noninclusory concurrent count (see People v Spence, 290 AD2d 223 [2002], lv denied 98 NY2d 641 [2002]; People v Kulakov, 278 AD2d 519 [2000], lv denied 96 NY2d 785 [2001]). Concur — Tom, J.P., Saxe, Ellerin, Williams and Marlow, JJ.

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered January 28, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility. The totality of the evidence, including the fact that defendant initiated contact with the undercover officer, warranted the conclusion that defendant participated in the drug sale and did not merely supply general information as to where drugs could be obtained (see People v Bello, 92 NY2d 523 [1998]).

[481]*481We decline to invoke our interest of justice jurisdiction to dismiss the noninclusory concurrent count (see People v Spence, 290 AD2d 223 [2002], lv denied 98 NY2d 641 [2002]; People v Kulakov, 278 AD2d 519 [2000], lv denied 96 NY2d 785 [2001]). Concur — Tom, J.P., Saxe, Ellerin, Williams and Marlow, JJ.

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