People v. Dickerson

Appeals from a judgment of the County Court of Essex *967County (Halloran, J.), rendered December 19, 2000, (1) upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and (2) convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.

As part of a joint federal, state and local narcotics investigation, a police informant was “wired”…