People v. Sealey

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Patricia Williams, J.), rendered February 16, 1995, 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 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Considering the evidence that defendant initiated contact with the undercover officer, inquired as to the quantity of drugs sought, signaled by hand and head motions to an accomplice who responded…