People v. Byrd

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), rendered August 23, 2006, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the testimony of a jailhouse informant was improperly admitted at trial because the informant was an agent of the police is without, merit (see Mas-siah v United States, 377 US 201, 206 [1964]; People v Cardona, 41 NY2d 333, 335 [1977]; People v Lewis, 273…