People v. Destine

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Sheridan, J.), rendered July 14, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, to a term of A1h to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The testimony of the experienced observing officer and the arresting officer established that they were working as a team in the vicinity of the Port Authority, an area known for illegal drug activity (People v King, 200 AD2d 487, 488, lv denied 83 NY2d 873), when the first officer observed an…