PEOPLE v. ACOSTA

Ind. No. 1217N/18. Appeal No. 15133. Case No. 2019-04153.

201 A.D.3d 596 (2022)

157 N.Y.S.3d 717

2022 NY Slip Op 00509

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Adonis Acosta, Appellant.

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

Decided January 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York ( Chloe J. Serinsky of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Alvin L. Bragg Jr. and Sheila L. Bautista of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Webber, Mendez, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.


The indictment charged defendant with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, under Penal Law § 220.16(1), which requires proof that the defendant "knowingly and unlawfully possesse[d] ... a narcotic drug with intent to sell it." The indictment also contained two other lesser counts that are not at issue in this appeal. Defendant pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance under Penal Law § 220.16(12),...

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