People v. Almonte

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J. at trial and sentence), rendered March 23, 1989, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of three to nine years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s conviction arises out of his role in the sale of two glassines of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer. Defendant contends on appeal that the People failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because of alleged inconsistencies in the testimony of the…