People v. Powell

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jerome Hornblass, J.), rendered July 24, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, 5 to 10 years, and 3 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly received background testimony regarding the workings of street-level drug selling operations…