People v. Migliore

139 A.D.2d 472, 1988 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4521

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: April 28, 1988
• Status: Published

Opinion

— Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Irving Lang, J.), rendered April 10, 1987, after bench trial, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and sentencing her to a term of four years to life, is unanimously affirmed.

The defendant’s guilt was established beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendant’s husband sold heroin to an undercover officer, which he delivered in a rolled-up silver or grey plastic shopping bag. Defendant contends that the package she was carrying shortly before the consummation of the drug sale was white and could not have been the same silver or grey bag her husband gave to the undercover officer. However, the testimony and evidence presented at trial established beyond a reasonable doubt that the packages were the same. This evidence included the videotape of defendant carrying the package, which this Bench, after convening on two separate occasions, finally had an opportunity to view. In addition, the evidence relied upon by the Trial Judge, as the trier of the facts, supported his finding, again beyond a reasonable doubt, that defendant knew the package she carried contained drugs.

We have examined the remaining contentions advanced by defendant and find them to be without merit. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Ross, Asch and Smith, JJ.