PEOPLE v. DAVIS


44 N.Y.2d 269 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Fred Davis, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alexander George, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Farris Bowman and William E. Hellerstein for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Lewis R. Friedman, Jack T. Litman and Herman Kaufman for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Joyce Marie Andren and Alan D. Marrus of counsel), for respondent in the first and second above-entitled actions.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and COOKE concur.


FUCHSBERG, J.

Fred Davis and Alexander George have been found guilty of selling four glassine envelopes of heroin to an undercover police officer for $19 and of concomitantly possessing 11 additional envelopes containing the same drug. Each defendant has been sentenced to two concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment not to exceed seven years. The Appellate Division, First Department, Presiding Justice FRANCIS...

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