People v. Hendrix

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Friedlander, J.), rendered June 22, 1992, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts).

Defendant’s convictions are based upon three sales of cocaine that she made to an undercover State Police Investigator and a confidential informant. In her defense at trial, defendant claimed that she had acted under the force of her live-in boyfriend, who was a drug dealer.…