People v. Eagleton

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Irene J. Duffy, J.), rendered August 10, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him as a second felony offender to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

In this narcotics "buy-and-bust” operation the undercover police officer confirmed defendant’s identification to the arresting officers within five minutes of the transaction. Since this was a confirmatory viewing and not an identification procedure requiring a formal…