People v. Green

On November 15, 1991, at approximately 3:40 a.m. an undercover officer, who was participating in a buy and bust operation being conducted on the upper west side of Manhattan by the Manhattan North Narcotics Division, observed defendant standing in the vicinity of West 111th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. As the officer approached defendant and made eye contact, defendant repeated the word "black” a number of times, apparently referring to black-topped cocaine vials. The officer requested three vials and handed defendant nine-dollars in pre-recorded buy money in exchange for which he received…