Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Monclavo, Also Known as Jose Monclova, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-01-10
Citations: 211 A.D.2d 434
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Monclavo, Also Known as Jose Monclova, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 434–436

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Monclavo, Also Known as Jose Monclova, Appellant.
[620 NYS2d 378]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), rendered June 29, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a prison term of from 3 to 6 years, affirmed.
A police officer recovered a brown paper bag from underneath a parked car. After observing that the bag contained vials of crack/cocaine, the officer replaced it. Shortly thereafter, defendant approached the car, reached down, and as he walked away, placed the bag into his pants pocket. Defendant was arrested and the bag of crack was seized. Defendant was charged and convicted on proof that he possessed 500 milligrams or more of "pure weight" cocaine in violation of Penal Law § 220.06 (5).
Defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the People's proof regarding his knowledge of the aggregate weight of the controlled substance was not preserved by a timely objection to the jury charge with respect to the fifth degree possession count, and we decline to address it in the interest of justice (see, People v Ivey, 204 AD2d 16, lv granted 84 NY2d 874).
We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Concur—Asch, Rubin and Williams, JJ.