Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rafael Miranda, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-06-15
Citations: 151 A.D.2d 321
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rafael Miranda, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 321–321

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rafael Miranda, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), entered June 16, 1987, which convicted defendant, after a jury trial, of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39), and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16), and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to two concurrent indeterminate prison terms of 7 to 14 years, is unanimously modified, on the law, on the facts, and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to dismiss the charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and except as thus modified, otherwise affirmed.
Defendant's convictions resulted from his arrest for a single sale of two glassine envelopes, which contained heroin, to an undercover police officer for $30.
Although we have repeatedly held that the possession charge is not a lesser included offense of the sale charge (People v Perez, 139 AD2d 460, 461 [1st Dept 1988]; People v Harrison, 136 AD2d 469, 470 [1st Dept 1988]), the People concede that since the possession charge flows from the sale charge, dismissal of the possession charge is appropriate (People v Gaul, 63 AD2d 563 [1st Dept 1978], lv denied 45 NY2d 780 [1978]).
Accordingly, we modify the judgment to dismiss the charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.
We have considered the other points presented by defendant, and find them to be without merit. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Ross, Asch, Rosenberger and Ellerin, JJ.