PEOPLE v. RIVERA


232 A.D.2d 198 (1996)

647 N.Y.S.2d 943

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

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

October 3, 1996


The evidence was legally sufficient to support the verdict and the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490). The People introduced overwhelming evidence which established defendant's prominent role in a conspiracy to smuggle nearly 100 pounds of cocaine into the United States from Guatemala in a secret compartment welded to the undercarriage of a vehicle. Defendant's dominion...

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