People v. Alexander

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Carey, J.), rendered June 14, 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 terms of four and one-half to nine years imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s conviction arose out of a buy and bust operation. The undercover officer walked up to defendant and co-defendant, and asked defendant for "two nickels.” The officer handed defendant ten dollars of buy money, which he…