People v. Rios

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edward Davidowitz, J.), rendered August 29, 1989, 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 defendant to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of from 6 Vi to 13 years, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was arrested for selling $20 worth of cocaine to an undercover police officer. The officer testified at trial that she observed the defendant take the drugs from a bag, which he stashed underneath…