People v. Torres

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (Kane, J.), rendered December 22, 1993, 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.

In May 1993, defendant, a permanent resident alien, was indicted on charges of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts) as a result of defendant’s repeated sales of cocaine to undercover police…