Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cesar Alvarez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-10-12
Citations: 197 A.D.2d 403
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Cesar Alvarez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 197
Pages: 403–404

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Cesar Alvarez, Appellant.
[603 NYS2d 744]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard Jackson, J.), rendered November 2, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), defendant's guilt was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Appellate counsel's speculation that the purchaser "obtained the vial that he eventually placed in his mouth from some other source" is without any support in the record.
We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Concur—Carro, J. P., Rosenberger, Ross and Asch, JJ.