People v. Rodriguez

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Otsego County (Burns, J.), rendered December 22, 2011, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of operating as a major trafficker and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (four counts).

Following a lengthy police investigation, defendant, a resident *1436of the Bronx, was charged with various crimes arising out of his alleged management of a heroin distribution ring in Otsego County. He was tried by a jury and convicted of the crime of operating as a major trafficker, as well as four counts of criminal sale of a…