People v. Brathwaite

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J.), rendered September 1, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (2 counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 1 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant opened the door to the introduction of the details of an uncharged drug sale, which was also admissible to rebut defendant’s agency and entrapment defenses and his related contentions (People v Melendez, 55 NY2d 445, 451-452;…