PEOPLE v. ELVY


277 A.D.2d 80 (2000)

715 N.Y.S.2d 247

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PRINCE ELVY, Appellant.

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

Decided November 16, 2000.


The jury's verdict, rejecting defendant's agency defense, was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury's determinations concerning credibility. The defense of agency is not intended to protect a person who arranges a drug transaction for the purpose of earning the equivalent of a finder's fee or broker's commission, in contrast to a person who performs a "favor," possibly rewarded...

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