People v. Hues

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Barrett, J.), rendered February 2, 1996, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

On the early evening of September 19, 1995, an undercover narcotics investigation was underway in the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County. At approximately 7:40 p.m., State Police Investigator Gary Segrue, who was working undercover in plain clothes with the Ithaca Police Department, walked past a house where two…