People v. Andino

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J.), rendered November 23, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

A drug sale to an individual arrested with defendant was closely intertwined with the sale to the undercover officer and was clearly admissible (see, e.g., People u Duchesne, 260 AD2d 214, affd 94 NY2d 892). Moreover, defendant opened the door to this evidence.

*243The court properly exercised its…