PEOPLE v. TOMALA


182 A.D.2d 848 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louie Tomala, Appellant

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

April 27, 1992


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on his way back from Colombia after a search by a suspicious customs agent revealed cocaine secreted in the heels of his shoes. The defendant claimed that the shoes were a gift from some people he had met while in Colombia and that he was unaware that they contained cocaine. On appeal, the defendant argues that the trial court erred in charging the jury on the...

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