People v. Adams

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Juanita Bing Newton, J.), rendered July 26, 1989, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of seven years to life, unanimously affirmed.

On September 12, 1988, an undercover police officer purchased a kilogram of cocaine at a grocery store in Kings County. Defendant was in the store during the sale. Later, when back-up officers approached the premises to effectuate arrests, defendant, who had stationed himself…