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People v. Sykes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 22, 2008
47 A.D.3d 501 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 2582.

January 22, 2008.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J.), rendered April 22, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 4½ to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

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

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Nicole Beder of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Lippman, P.J., Saxe, Nardelli, Williams and Moskowitz, JJ.


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility ( see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495), notwithstanding minor discrepancies in the accounts of the People's witnesses. There was ample evidence of defendant's intent to sell, including his possession of 49 cellophane twists of crack cocaine secreted in his buttocks, along with cash that included 29 single dollar bills ( see People v Daley, 281 AD2d 244, lv denied 96 NY2d 827; People v Turner, 228 AD2d 331, lv denied 88 NY2d 996).


Summaries of

People v. Sykes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 22, 2008
47 A.D.3d 501 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

People v. Sykes

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LASEAN SYKES, Appellant

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

Date published: Jan 22, 2008

Citations

47 A.D.3d 501 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 368
850 N.Y.S.2d 72

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