People v. Patton

—Judgment unanimously modified as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice and as modified affirmed in accordance with the following Memorandum: We reject the contention of defendant that *988County Court improperly admitted into evidence testimony that he was in possession of $417 at the time of his arrest. That evidence was relevant to the issue whether defendant, charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16 [1]), possessed cocaine with the intent to sell it (see, People v Strunkey, 221 AD2d 387, lv denied 87 NY2d 925; People v…