People v. Van Buren

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Montgomery County (Aison, J.), rendered November 13, 1990, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and unlawfully dealing with a child.

This drug prosecution stems from defendant’s sale of one gram of cocaine to Edward Dillon, an undercover police officer, on two different occasions during the evening of August 26, 1989. On the first occasion, Dillon, accompanied by an informant, purchased one gram of cocaine from defendant for $100 at defendant’s apartment. When…