People v. Johnson

—Carpinello, J.

*793Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Teresi, J.), rendered September 24, 1997 in Albany County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of two counts of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Defendant stands convicted of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree following an undercover operation conducted jointly by the Cohoes Police Department and the State Police on September 16, 1996. According to the trial testimony of State Police Investigator Mary De Santis, she purchased cocaine from defendant on two…