Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Noel Rodriguez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-06-30
Citations: 251 A.D.2d 267
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Noel Rodriguez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 267–268

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Noel Rodriguez, Appellant.
[675 NYS2d 531]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Su preme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.), rendered February 21, 1997, 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 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There was ample evidence of defendant's participation as a steerer in the drug transaction. We see no reason to disturb the court's credibility determinations. Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Tom, Mazzarelli and Saxe, JJ.