PEOPLE v. RANSON


251 A.D.2d 263 (1998)

675 N.Y.S.2d 865

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Ranson, Appellant

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

June 30, 1998


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The detective's observation of defendant exchanging an object for money, combined with defendant's possession of 16 bags of crack and $224, provided ample evidence of intent to sell. This and defendant's handling of the plastic bags containing crack "connotes sufficient contact with the substance to experience its weight — to give rise to a probability defendant became...

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