PEOPLE v. RIOS

Ind. No. 2269/15. Appeal No. 12808. Case No. 2018-1490.

190 A.D.3d 463 (2021)

135 N.Y.S.3d 648

2021 NY Slip Op 00093

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jermaine Rios, Appellant.

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

Decided January 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York ( Mark W. Zeno of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Amanda Katherine Regan of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kapnick, Moulton, González, Scarpulla, JJ.


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). The evidence established that defendant was part of an ongoing scheme to import large quantities of drugs. The chain of evidence, viewed as a whole, had no reasonable explanation except that defendant had knowledge (see People v Reisman, 29 N.Y.2d 278, 285-286 [1971], cert denied...

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