People v. Robinson

262 A.D.2d 251, 690 N.Y.S.2d 455, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7744

Opinion

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Obús, J.), rendered November 19, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Brief, limited background testimony regarding street-level narcotics operations was properly admitted since it was grounded in the evidence and carried no suggestion of large-scale narcotics activity (see, People v Vera, 258 AD2d 312; People v McAllister, 255 AD2d 241, lv denied 93 NY2d 876). We have considered and rejected defendant’s remaining contentions. Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Tom, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.