People v. Lozado

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered April 27, 1988, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing defendant to 1 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, charged by indictment with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, was convicted of that charge after jury trial. The conviction was based upon the testimony of two police officers who, while stationed on the roof of a six-story building, observed, without the aid of binoculars or other devices,…