People v. Trotty

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Browne, J.), rendered July 3, 1997, convicting him of criminal *338sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the People failed to disprove his agency defense beyond a reasonable doubt is without merit. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was…