People v. Lucas

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe, J.), rendered March 31, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was arrested in a "buy and bust” operation as the "steerer” who aided Santiago Cruz in selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer. The officer testified that he said to defendant "[a]ny crack doing?” whereupon defendant responded "[w]hat do you want?” The…