People v. Phillips

2025 NY Slip Op 03891 · Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department · June 27, 2025 · No. 339 KA 22-00722

Summary

This is a unanimous per curiam opinion from the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, affirming the defendant’s criminal convictions for possession of a controlled substance in the first and third degrees. The defendant appealed her jury trial conviction from Onondaga County Court, but the court noted that all issues raised were also raised by her codefendant in a companion case decided simultaneously. Relying on the reasoning in the companion decision, the appellate court affirmed the lower court's judgment.

Court
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
Writing for the Court
Lindley, J.P.; Montour; Ogden; Greenwood; Keane
Jurisdiction
New York
Decision date
June 27, 2025
Docket number
339 KA 22-00722
Procedural posture
Appeal from judgment of the Onondaga County Court convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and third degrees.
Precedential value
published
Parties
Andrea Phillips v. The People of the State of New York
Disposition
affirmed

Topics

criminal procedure

Practice areas

criminal procedure

Holdings

  1. The judgment is unanimously affirmed.

Factual background

Andrea Phillips was tried jointly with her son and was convicted by a jury of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and in the third degree.

Procedural history

The Onondaga County Court rendered a judgment on December 17, 2021 convicting Andrea Phillips. The defendant appealed; the issues raised were identical to those raised by her codefendant on his appeal. The Appellate Division affirmed the judgment.

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