People v. Dieppa

— Yesawich Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin County (Main Jr., J.), rendered July 31, 1989, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Defendant was indicted on two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of one count stemming from a sale to a police informant which occurred on January 18, 1988. At trial it was established that, in exchange for consideration on a pending burglary charge, the informant had agreed to…