Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Francisco Ranno, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-06-08
Citations: 194 A.D.2d 342
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Francisco Ranno, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 194
Pages: 342–342

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Francisco Ranno, Appellant.
[598 NYS2d 258]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), rendered April 5, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
In view of defendant's salesmanlike behavior in counting the money, arranging the sale price, and taking a profit, no reasonable view of the evidence would support a finding that he was acting as an agent of the buyer, and his request for an agency charge was properly denied (People v Ortiz, 76 NY2d 446; People v Argibay, 45 NY2d 45, cert denied sub nom. Hahn-DiGuiseppe v New York, 439 US 930). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Carro, Kupferman and Rubin, JJ.