The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence. Defendant's confession that he and a cohort went to an apartment and were shown a substantial quantity of cocaine for which the cohort paid $6,000, combined with the recovery of a briefcase containing more than one pound of cocaine, which defendant was seen carrying, demonstrated that defendant knowingly possessed more than four ounces of cocaine (see, People v Sanchez,
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PEOPLE v. HINE
254 A.D.2d 43 (1998)
680 N.Y.S.2d 194
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Linwood Hine, Appellant
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 6, 1998
October 6, 1998
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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