People v. Flye

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (George Daniels, J.), rendered January 7, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the *252third, degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in permitting very brief police testimony about methods used by drug dealers to avoid being caught with prerecorded buy money. Evidence that defendant had opportunities, both during and after the transaction, to employ such methods without being seen by any of…