People v. Arguedas

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred H. Kleiman, J.), rendered May 18, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to a prison term of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

An undercover police officer purchased two vials of crack from defendant’s "steerer”. Over defense counsel’s objection to the admission of uncharged crimes, the court permitted the police officers to testify that prior to and during the sale, they observed defendant making "quick handshakes” with…