People v. Cierra

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bernard Jackson, J.), rendered October 25, 1989, convicting defendant after jury trial of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him as a second felony offender to a term of imprisonment of from 9 to 18 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court should have imposed sanctions on the People for the destruction of the scratch notes by the arresting officer, that the undercover and arresting officers created during this buy-and-bust operation. However, during the charging…