PEOPLE v. RIVERA


123 A.D.2d 892 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hector Rivera, Appellant

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

October 27, 1986


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was accused of selling cocaine to an undercover police officer. The trial court submitted the defense of agency to the jury after the defendant testified that he was not the seller but had purchased the drugs merely as a favor to the officer. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People, and crediting the testimony of the People's witnesses, any rational trier of fact could have found beyond a...

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