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THE EVIDENCE THAT DEFENDANT WAS AN ACCOMPLICE IN A DRUG SALE AND WAS PART OF A CONSPIRACY TO SELL DRUGS WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT; MERE PRESENCE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ACCOMPLICE LIABILITY AND THERE WAS NO PROOF OF AN OVERT ACT RELEVANT TO DEFENDANT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing defendant’s convictions of criminal sale of a controlled substance, on an accomplice theory, and conspiracy, based on mere presence. Defendant was in the car with Alvarado, who sold heroin to an undercover officer who briefly got into the car, purchased the drugs, and left. The evidence defendant acted as an accomplice and was part of a conspiracy was deemed legally insufficient and against the weight of the evidence:

… [T]he evidence reflects that the defendant met Alvarado on April 25, 2015, to accompany Alvarado to the driving school before Alvarado and the undercover officer arranged the meeting, and that Alvarado told the undercover officer prior to the meeting that he had to “do this thing for my license.” Thus, the defendant’s mere presence during the sale, with knowledge of what was transpiring at that time, was insufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree … . …

… [T]he evidence was legally insufficient to establish that the defendant entered into an agreement with Alvarado to sell heroin on April 25, 2015, since there was no evidence that the defendant participated in arranging the heroin sale or even had any discussion with Alvarado about selling heroin on that date … . Further, the People failed to present any evidence of an “overt act” connected to any statements made during the wiretapped calls between the defendant and Alvarado. Accordingly, the evidence was legally insufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of conspiracy in the fourth degree beyond a reasonable doubt. People v Moreno, 2021 NY Slip Op 02316, Second Dept 4-14-21

 

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