PEOPLE v. LAY


39 A.D.2d 904 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Preston Lay, Jr., Appellant The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hannibal Thomas, Appellant The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wallace Marks, Appellant The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ebb Glenn, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 29, 1972


Affirmed.

The evidence was sufficient, if accepted by the jury, to justify the verdict that defendants were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes of which they were convicted. The fact that defendants were acquitted of the conspiracy counts is no reason to reject conviction of the counts of possession of contraband. Even were the dispositions inconsistent — and they are not — it is a jury's traditional right to be inconsistent. As to all the...

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