Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kenneth Smith, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-04-10
Citations: 304 A.D.2d 375
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kenneth Smith, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 304
Pages: 375–375

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kenneth Smith, Appellant.
[756 NYS2d 747]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Stackhouse, J.), rendered October 25, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 4V2 to 9 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by brief and limited expert testimony concerning street-level drug transactions. The testimony was relevant under the circumstances to explain the fact that the police did not recover prerecorded buy money (see People v Brown, 97 NY2d 500, 506-507 [2002]).
Defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would reject them. Concur — Buckley, P.J., Nardelli, Andrias, Friedman and Gonzalez, JJ.