Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tyrone Jones, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-12-04
Citations: 2 A.D.3d 156
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tyrone Jones, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 156–157

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tyrone Jones, Appellant.
[767 NYS2d 625]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel FitzGerald, J.), rendered October 3, 2002, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court's verdict, which rejected defendant's agency defense, was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). There is no basis upon which to disturb the court's determinations concerning credibility. The credible evi dence established that defendant acted for his own benefit in promoting and negotiating the sale (see People v Lam Lek Chong, 45 NY2d 64, 74-75 [1978], cert denied 439 US 935 [1978]). Concur—Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Andrias and Williams, JJ.