People v. Goris

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ruth Pickholz, J.), rendered August 18, 2004, 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 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

In this observation sale case, the court properly exercised its discretion in receiving evidence that at the time of his arrest defendant possessed approximately $95, including four 20-dollar bills. This evidence was relevant to establish that defendant had just sold drugs, and there was nothing…