People v. Bradshaw

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Roger Hayes, J.), rendered September 20, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was arrested after a police officer who was standing only ten feet away witnessed him passing 100 vials of crack to a co-defendant in exchange for cash.

The defendant’s contention that he was prejudiced by the loss by the police of the transparent plastic bag that…