People v. Turaine

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (William Davis, J.), rendered July 19, 1988, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of murder in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was a supplier "on consignment” of crack cocaine to the decedent Oliver Simmons, known on the streets as "Blue”. Blue conducted his sales in a first-floor apartment "shooting gallery” at 2105 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan and was assisted by Rafael Howe, another resident of the apartment. Defendant lived on the fourth…