People v. Rasako

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Thomas A. Farber, J.), rendered August 28, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender whose prior felony conviction was a violent felony, to a term of six years, unanimously affirmed.

In this observed sale case, the court properly exercised its discretion in receiving evidence that, minutes before the charged sale, the observing officer saw defendant engage in suspicious behavior with another individual. This testimony provided…