People v. Arias

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Frederic Berman, J., at plea and sentence), rendered June 1, 1987, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of five years’ to life imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

On August 1, 1986, defendant sold two kilograms of cocaine to an undercover police officer in Brooklyn. He was arrested and subsequently indicted along with his codefendant, Johnny Mateo, and charged with the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first…