People v. Pope

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chetta, J.), rendered January 9, 1990, convicting him of 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 arrested after a police officer observed him selling crack-cocaine in the hallway of an apartment building. At trial, both the arresting officer and his partner testified that they were in the building to investigate a report of a “drug related” shooting.

The defendant asserts that the reference to a…