People v. Hood

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County, rendered January 10, 1974, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Defendant was convicted of criminal sale of a dangerous drug in the third degree following a jury trial in which an undercover State Police Investigator, James Werthmuller, testified that he had purchased heroin from defendant in the presence of one Daniel Jerome “ Cisco ” Powell. Although Powell did not testify, Werthmuller related that he had been initially introduced to defendant by him.…