People v. Rivera

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Wilowsky, J.), rendered August 18, 1980, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (two counts) and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

The main prosecution witness was undercover Police Officer George Reich who testified to the facts of three drug purchases he transacted with him as well as to his conversations with the defendant during negotiations surrounding the drug sales. On appeal, the…