People v. Portalatin

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Meyer-son, J.), rendered April 6, 1983, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People, and giving it the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom (see, People v Giuliano, 65 NY2d 766, 768), there was overwhelming evidence that the defendant sold a "blue bag” containing heroin to undercover Detective Correa.

The trial court’s…