People v. Medina

Upon an independent review of the facts, we see no reason to disturb the jury’s determination crediting the testimony of the surveilling police officer that from a rooftop observation post he observed defendant taking money from passersby in exchange for red-capped vials handed to them by defendant’s companion, and that of the arresting officer that the vials of drugs recovered from an individual identified by the surveil*363ling officer as a buyer had the same red caps as those recovered from defendant’s companion. It was within the jury’s province to reject the testimony of defendant’s…