Legal Opinion

People v. Santos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 19, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered November 13, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that the undercover officer should not have been allowed to testify anonymously was not preserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the ruling was properly grounded upon concerns for the officer’s safety and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. KearseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. People v. WashingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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