People v. Mato

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.), rendered February 22, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

*514During a buy operation, defendant directed an undercover officer to 523 West 160th Street where he purchased 24 grams of cocaine. The undercover officer again purchased cocaine from the same apartment. The defendant was not a party to the second sale.

However, after the officers arrested the occupants of the apartment following the…