People v. Appleton

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), rendered August 13, 1991, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because the testimony of a backup police officer bolstered the testimony of the undercover officer who had purchased narcotics from the defendant. Any error in the…