People v. Morton

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Drago, J.), rendered September 9, 2005, 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.

A jury found defendant guilty of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree based on evidence that he sold a piece of crack cocaine to Robert Hogan outside a market at a particular intersection in the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County. At sentencing, the People…