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People v. Beverly

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 10, 1989
148 A.D.2d 922 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

March 10, 1989

Appeal from the Onondaga County Court, Cunningham, J.

Present — Dillon, P.J., Boomer, Green, Pine and Davis, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: None of the issues raised by defendant requires reversal. The evidence was sufficient to show that defendant, who was found guilty of selling cocaine on six separate occasions, did not act as an agent of the buyer of the cocaine. The court properly refused to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of entrapment because there was insufficient evidence to establish that defense (see, People v. Butts, 72 N.Y.2d 746; People v. Walker, 64 N.Y.2d 741, rearg dismissed 65 N.Y.2d 924; People v. Brown, 37 A.D.2d 685). The court's charge on reasonable doubt, when read in its entirety, was not erroneous (see, People v. Mitchell, 124 A.D.2d 977). Defendant failed to show that he was prejudiced by the People's delay in providing the statement of their witness (see, People v. Ranghelle, 69 N.Y.2d 56, 63). The People were not required to charge the defenses of entrapment and agency to the Grand Jury because the evidence before the Grand Jury was insufficient to support the affirmative defense of entrapment and, unlike People v. Valles ( 62 N.Y.2d 36), defendant did not testify before the Grand Jury and there was no request that the defense of agency be charged. Moreover, there is no requirement "that the Grand Jury must be charged with every potential defense suggested by the evidence" (People v. Valles, supra, at 38), and the evidence "did not so clearly support the [agency] defense as to require its submission" (People v. Valles, supra, at 41). The other issues raised by defendant, both in his main brief and in his pro se supplemental brief, either lack merit or were not preserved for review.


Summaries of

People v. Beverly

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 10, 1989
148 A.D.2d 922 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Beverly

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES BEVERLY…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Mar 10, 1989

Citations

148 A.D.2d 922 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
539 N.Y.S.2d 161

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