People v. Nieves

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J., at suppression hearing; Jay Gold, J., at trial), rendered May 11, 1993, 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 a term of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Under the circumstances, where an undercover officer personally bought illegal drugs from defendant and then radioed a detailed description of defendant to other officers, including the arresting officer, who canvassed the area and arrested defendant…