People v. Cancer

—White, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Breslin, J.), rendered July 27, 1994 and August 2, 1994, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.

On June 30, 1993, several City of Albany police officers were engaged in an undercover stakeout as a result of information they had acquired through a cooperative criminal informant. The informant made arrangements for a drug sale by placing a call to his supplier’s pager, or…