People v. Santiago

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ruth Pickholz, J.), rendered May 21, 2015, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of conspiracy in the second degree and two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of eight years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was supported by legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). There was ample evidence, including intercepted communications, demonstrating that defendant was part of the drug…