Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Reggie Howard, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-03-28
Citations: 270 A.D.2d 179
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Reggie Howard, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 270
Pages: 179–180

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Reggie Howard, Appellant.
[705 NYS2d 224]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered October 30, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The totality of defen dant's statements and conduct during the drug transaction provided ample basis for a reasonable inference of accessorial liability. Specifically, the evidence established that defendant's participation included, inter alia, an unsuccessful attempt to determine whether the prospective purchaser was an undercover officer by offering to sell him imitation drugs. Concur— Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Tom and Andrias, JJ.