People v. Torres

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered April 5, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale *22and possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was neither based on insufficient evidence nor against the weight of the evidence. Defendant’s business-like behavior and close connection with his codefendant clearly established that he was acting as a "steerer” (compare, People v Smith, 179 AD2d 355, lv denied 79 NY2d…