PEOPLE v. NORRIS

No. 39.

20 N.Y.3d 1068 (2013)

986 N.E.2d 901

964 N.Y.S.2d 67

2013 NY Slip Op 1869

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TYRELL NORRIS, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ELBERT NORRIS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn W.L. Fahey , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Paul Skip Laisure of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Lynn W.L. Fahey , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Kathleen E. Whooley and Paul Skip Laisure of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Charles J. Hynes , District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Caroline R. Donhauser , Victor Barall and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent in the first and second above-entitled actions.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and PIGOTT concur; Judge RIVERA taking no part.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

In each case, the order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendants Tyrell Norris and Elbert Norris (who are not related) were charged with drug felonies following an investigation into gangs that sold drugs in a public housing development in Brooklyn in the early 2000s. Tyrell Norris was convicted in 2003 of four counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law §...

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