People v. Thomas

278 A.D.2d 76, 718 N.Y.S.2d 169, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13044

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.), rendered March 24, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Brief and limited testimony from the arresting officer concerning the roles of participants in street-level drug sales was warranted by the evidence, was relevant to issues presented in the case and was not unduly prejudicial (see, People v Johnson, 264 AD2d 632, lv denied 94 NY2d 864; People v McAllister, 255 AD2d 241, lv denied 93 NY2d 876). Concur— Sullivan, P. J., Rosenberger, Williams, Ellerin and Andrias, JJ.