People v. Claborn

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J., on suppression motion; John Cataldo, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered April 21, 2005, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

All of the evidence challenged by defendant as hearsay and as violating the Confrontation Clause was introduced “for the legitimate, nonhearsay…