PEOPLE v. RAGO


24 A.D.3d 210 (2005)

806 N.Y.S.2d 41

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN RAGO, Appellant.

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

December 13, 2005.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence. Defendant's constructive possession of a significant amount of narcotics found within a sleeper car room on an Amtrak train was established beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendant occupied the room from the point when he and his companion boarded the train in Chicago for the trip to New York. Although the two men inadvertently failed to get back on the train when it stopped in Philadelphia, defendant tried reclaiming his...

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