People v. Edwards

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), rendered May 20, 1992, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts).

On January 15, 1992, in the course of an apparently large scale narcotics investigation, Brian Robertson, an undercover police officer, purchased a $20 bag of crack cocaine on a street in the City of Kingston, Ulster County. Immediately thereaf*575ter, Robertson met Detective Timothy Matthews at…