Opinion
May 8, 1986
Appeal from the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.).
Defendant was indicted and charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. At trial, a police officer testified that, while acting as an undercover agent, he purchased from defendant, on two separate occasions, a substance identified in court by State Police forensic scientists as cocaine. Viewing such evidence in a light most favorable to the People (see, People v Kennedy, 47 N.Y.2d 196, 203; People v Hoffman, 112 A.D.2d 588, 589), we find ample basis in the record to support the jury's finding that defendant was guilty of both the criminal possession counts (see, People v Gaddy, 94 A.D.2d 892) and the criminal sale counts (see, People v Pray, 99 A.D.2d 915). Accordingly, we reject defendant's sole appellate argument that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to support the jury's verdict.
Judgment affirmed. Kane, J.P., Main, Mikoll, Yesawich, Jr., and Harvey, JJ., concur.