PEOPLE v. RODRIGUEZ


276 A.D.2d 435 (2000)

714 N.Y.S.2d 490

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOEL RODRIGUEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided October 31, 2000.


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. The court correctly found that the People had disproved the defendant's agency defense beyond a reasonable doubt. There is no basis upon which to disturb the trial court's determinations concerning credibility. In his own testimony, defendant admitted that he bought the drugs at the request of the undercover officer, a complete stranger, in anticipation of making a profit, amounting to 25%, as he had made on prior occasions...

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