People v. King

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Paño Z. Patsalos, J.), rendered July 31, 1997, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

*590Pursuant to a “buy and bust” operation, an undercover officer bought $20 worth of crack cocaine from the defendant on two different occasions. The defendant’s contention that the trial court erred in refusing to…