People v. Coleman

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J., at hearing; John Cataldo, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered August 21, 2008, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing her to a term of one year, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. There was probable cause for defendant’s arrest, based on a specific description. In this observation sale case, an officer saw defendant make a drug sale to a buyer who was promptly apprehended with drugs in his possession. Although the…