People v. Scarborough

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1980-02-12

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OPINION OF THE COURT Jones, J. These appeals, arising out of a narcotics transaction, require us to determine whether the trial court erred in refusing defendants’ request to submit counts of possession of a controlled substance as lesser included offenses of the charge of criminal sale. We conclude that no such submission was required when no rational basis appears in the record for rejection by the jury of…

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