People v. Rodriguez

The defendant and two codefendants were convicted under indictment No. 5230/84, after a jury trial, of selling cocaine to an undercover police officer on the corner of 148th Street and Lowe Court in Queens on October 2, 1984. The defendant was charged under indictment No. 5945/84 with possession of *467more than an eighth of an ounce of cocaine on the same street corner on November 9, 1984, to which charge he pleaded guilty following his conviction of the earlier crime.

The defendant’s contention that he is entitled to a new trial on the charge set forth in indictment No. 5230/84 because of the…