PEOPLE v. CRUZ


127 A.D.2d 780 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lenny Cruz, Appellant

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

February 17, 1987


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On appeal, the defendant argues that the jury's verdict convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree is against the weight of the evidence. The jury was carefully instructed as to the nature of an agency defense and apparently rejected that defense, finding that the defendant's role in the subject drug sale was not solely that of an agent for the buyer. We decline to disturb the jury's verdict...

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