People v. Morris

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lament, J.), rendered April 15, 2005 in Albany County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of two counts of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Defendant was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree for his sale of crack cocaine to a paid confidential informant on April 20, 2004 and April 27, 2004 in the City of Albany. Testifying at trial were detectives with the Albany Police Department’s narcotics unit who observed and videotaped the…