Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Juan Rivera, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-12-28
Citations: 199 A.D.2d 204
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Juan Rivera, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 199
Pages: 204–205

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Juan Rivera, Appellant.
[605 NYS2d 62]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Albert P. Williams, J.), rendered January 17, 1992, 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 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's defense of agency was disproved beyond a reasonable doubt (People v Seay, 176 AD2d 192, lv denied 79 NY2d 864), and even if the prosecutor slightly misstated the law in his summation, any possible confusion was obviated by the trial court's correct instructions to the jury concerning the agency defense. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Wallach, Asch and Nardelli, JJ.