PEOPLE v. STARKS


216 A.D.2d 120 (1995)

629 N.Y.S.2d 749

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Doug Starks, Appellant

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

June 20, 1995


The jury's verdict was neither based on insufficient evidence nor was it against the weight of the evidence. The drug sale was established beyond a reasonable doubt by testimony that defendant sold a small unknown object that the buyer took hold of but discarded seconds later upon arrival of the arresting officers, and which turned out to be a plastic bag containing cocaine. In this short time interval, the buyer could not have disposed of the object she purchased from defendant...

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