People v. Graves

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Donati, J.), rendered November 28, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 7V2 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The limited background testimony regarding the roles played in street level drug operations and the fact that the police target certain locations based on community complaints was properly admitted. It was relevant to…