People v. Donato

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Howard Bell, J.), rendered March 9, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fifth degrees, and sentencing him as a second felony offender to concurrent indeterminate prison terms of from 4 Vi to 9 years and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

A police officer observed defendant hand two vials of crack to an individual holding a ten dollar bill. Upon arresting defendant, the officer also recovered eighteen vials of crack and $60 currency from defendant. The court…