People v. Gilliard

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John A.K. Bradley, J.), rendered September 17, 1990, convicting defendant after jury trial of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him as a predicate felon to 6 to 12 years imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

The undercover officer observed defendant making two sales of crack, before the officer himself purchased crack from defendant in exchange for prerecorded "buy” money. The officer alerted the backup unit, which immediately apprehended defendant. By failing to object to the pretrial Sandoval ruling,…