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People v. Spruill

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 9, 1993
191 A.D.2d 233 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

March 9, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Clifford Scott, J.).


Defendant was observed by an undercover stakeout as he sold crack to four individuals over a 10 minute period. When police moved in, he discarded the bag containing the drugs.

Defendant has failed to preserve for review any of his present challenges to the court's instructions, and we decline to review these purported challenges in the interest of justice. Were we to consider the challenges, we would find that the charge, in its entirety, did not shift the burden of proof and the Allen charge was not coercive. Nor has defendant preserved his challenge to the annotated verdict sheet (People v. Halbert, 175 A.D.2d 88, affd 80 N.Y.2d 865). We have considered defendant's remaining claims and find them to be without merit.

Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Kupferman, Ross and Kassal, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Spruill

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 9, 1993
191 A.D.2d 233 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

People v. Spruill

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES SPRUILL…

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

Date published: Mar 9, 1993

Citations

191 A.D.2d 233 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
594 N.Y.S.2d 258

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