People v. Santana

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Suldonik, J.), rendered June 5, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and resisting arrest, and sentencing him to concurrent prison terms of lVs to 4 years and 4 months, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s testimony concerning the alleged beating he suffered at the hands of the arresting officers was introduced for the purpose of establishing defendant’s innocence by undermining the credibility of the officers testifying at trial and raising issues of…