PEOPLE v. TAVAREZ


242 A.D.2d 748 (1997)

664 N.Y.S.2d 945

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Mauricio Tavarez, Appellant

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

September 29, 1997


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and that he was in constructive possession of the cocaine seized at the scene of the crime (see

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