People v. Alvarado

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered December 15, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that his right of confrontation was violated when the undercover officer identified himself only by his shield number during his testimony is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Contrary to defendant’s argument, a Confrontation Clause argument requires a specific contemporaneous…