People v. McDuffie

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lament, J.), rendered August 15, 2003 in Albany County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

On December 19, 2002, the police executed a search warrant at a two-family residence in the City of Albany. The search warrant application was supported by an affidavit of a police detective who received information from a confidential informant *668that defendant sold crack cocaine to the informant on numerous…