People v. Dokes

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Linakis, J.), rendered June 5, 1989, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and unlawful possession of marihuana, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was arrested for selling drugs to an undercover police officer during a buy-and-bust operation conducted by the Queens Tactical Narcotics Task Force. The arresting officer claimed that he had confiscated…