People v. Batista

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Tejada, J.), rendered July 26, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

It was proper to allow the arresting officer to testify that he arrested defendant "because there was a certain description” and defendant was wearing a jacket like "what the undercover described to us”. Such testimony was admissible "to demonstrate the basis for the backup officer’s appearance on the…