Opinion
2003-01615.
July 11, 2005.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.), rendered February 10, 2003, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (John M. Dowden of counsel), for appellant.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Marcia R. Kucera of counsel), for respondent.
Before: H. Miller, J.P., Goldstein, Crane and Skelos, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was videotaped selling crack cocaine to a purchaser who told police he knew the defendant from previous drug transactions over a two-year period. Under these circumstances, no notice pursuant to CPL 710.30 was required, because the identification was confirmatory in nature ( see People v. Tas, 51 NY2d 915, 916).
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution ( see People v. Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence ( see CPL 470.15).
The sentence imposed was not excessive ( see People v. Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).