People v. Coston

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Belfi, J.), rendered January 16, 1986, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was not denied a fair trial by the amendment of the indictment to change the date of the alleged criminal transaction from June 8, 1984 to June 6, 1984. The record discloses that while the defendant had no alibi or other defense for the…