PEOPLE v. SEARVANCE


236 A.D.2d 306 (1997)

654 N.Y.S.2d 352

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rahsaan Searvance, Appellant

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

February 25, 1997


The court properly sentenced defendant as a second felony offender. Defendant's prior New Jersey conviction, for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of school property, was analogous to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16 [1]), despite defendant's claim that New Jersey's definition of intent to "distribute" is broader than New York...

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