People v. Martinez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul P.E. Bookson, J.), rendered November 9, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a predicate felony offender to two concurrent prison terms of from 8-V2 to 17 years, unanimously modified on the law and on the facts to the extent of vacating the sentence and remanding for resentencing and otherwise affirmed.

While the trial court’s charge on identification was minimal it was sufficient…