People v. Drake

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Mathews, J.), rendered August 29, 2005, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

On December 15, 2004, a seven-count indictment was handed up against defendant charging him with numerous drug-related offenses. The first two counts stem from his involvement in the sale of cocaine to a confidential informant on August 7, 2003 while inside a vehicle that his girlfriend was driving. The following day, a search warrant was executed on this vehicle at which…