People v. Johnson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme *482Court, Kings County (Carroll, J.), rendered October 9, 2002, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was arrested after a so-called “buy and bust” operation in which he sold cocaine to an undercover police officer. At trial, the defendant testified that he was desperate for drugs, but had no money. Walking down the street, the defendant spotted on the corner “a white guy,” whom the defendant thought either…