People v. Alvira

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Quinones, J.), rendered December 20, 1991, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

A police officer observed the defendant selling crack cocaine to a buyer. The officer radioed his partner, who arrested the buyer minutes after the purchase. Shortly thereafter, the…