People v. Bermudez

—Judgments of the Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered March 30, 1988, convicting Bermudez of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and imposing a prison term of 15 years to life, and Sepulveda of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (two counts) and imposing two consecutive prison terms of six years to life, are unanimously affirmed.

*534A 21-year-old Colombian native, Juan Carlos Bermudez, and Alberto Sepulveda were arrested in 1987, following their combined sales of 39 kilograms to undercover police officers in return for…