People v. Fryar

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered November 8, 2004, 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 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Upon receiving expert testimony regarding street-level drug operations, the court provided limiting instructions that comported with People v Brown (97 NY2d 500, 506-507 [2002]). However, in Brown, the Court of Appeals cautioned that, “[b]ased on our concern that expert testimony be admitted only for…