People v. Russo

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Haft, J.), rendered January 13, 1989, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of three to six years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s conviction arises out of his arrest for the street sale of valium to an undercover officer in exchange for prerecorded money. After the transaction was completed the undercover officer radioed detailed descriptions of the two suspects involved in the sale,…