People v. Bobbett

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Albert Williams, J.), rendered on March 29, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent indeterminate terms of 4 tí to 9 years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

The defendant was convicted following a "buy-and-bust” operation, during which he sold five vials of cocaine to an undercover officer. At summation, the prosecutor challenged the credibility of the defendant who had taken…