People v. Velez

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.), rendered June 30, 1992, convicting the defendant upon a jury verdict of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him as a second felony offender, to a term of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant and co-defendant Alberto Cotto Perez were a heroin-selling team, who were arrested immediately after the sale of a glassine of heroin to an undercover officer. The evidence of guilt was overwhelming. We adhere to our ruling in People v Perez (203 AD2d 123), the companion case to this…