Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ronald McFadden, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-04-05
Citations: 17 A.D.3d 123
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ronald McFadden, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 123–123

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ronald McFadden, Appellant.
[791 NYS2d 821]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered December 3, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to three concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). Issues of credibility and identification were properly considered by the jury and there is no basis for disturbing its determinations. The officers had a sufficient opportunity to observe the transaction, and their account of the incident was plausible. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Marlow, Gonzalez and Sweeny, JJ.