People v. Canty

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ruth Pickholz, J.), rendered January 15, 2009, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (two counts) and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to an aggregate term of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in allowing an undercover officer to testify using his shield number rather than his name. Through the evidence adduced during the Hinton hearing, the People also satisfied…