People v. Sydney

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Keegan, J.), rendered September 3, 1991, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

On May 23, 1990, detectives from the City of Albany Police Department arranged for a controlled purchase of cocaine to be effected by a confidential informant. After the informant was searched and given $120 in prerecorded buy money, one of the detectives watched through binoculars as the informant entered a building and emerged several minutes later. Upon returning to the police…