Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1995

People v. Houser

People v. Houser
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 20, 1995
216 A.D.2d 122; 629 N.Y.S.2d 207; 1995 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6604
People v. Houser

Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered February 4, 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 term of 21/2 to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that the People did not prove that he knew the weight of the drugs he possessed was not preserved by objection to the jury charge (People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. In any event, defendant’s knowledge of the weight of the drugs was proven by the evidence showing how he sold the drugs and the amount he possessed (People v Miller, 209 AD2d 187, lv granted 84 NY2d 1017). Concur—Kupferman, J. P., Ross, Asch, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.

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