People v. Sima-Rodriguez

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Leff, J.) rendered May 31, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of 7 to 14 years on each count, unanimously affirmed.

Following a buy and bust operation, the defendant and co-defendant were arrested for selling two $10 bags of heroin. Before the defendant’s trial commenced, the trial court inquired of him whether he would…