People v. Rosencrants

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County, rendered May 31, 1978, convicting defendant upon *769his plea of guilty of attempted sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. The record reveals that an informant told the police of a pending drug sale. The police followed the informant, accompanied by one Comstock, to a bar. A police officer at the bar observed the informant and Comstock meet with defendant and one Malinowski. Comstock was later arrested by the police and found to be in possession of a substance thought to be methamphetamine. Comstock told the police that he…