Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vinimore Robinson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-05-16
Citations: 272 A.D.2d 186
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Vinimore Robinson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 272
Pages: 186–186

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Vinimore Robinson, Appellant.
[709 NYS2d 171]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered October 9, 1997, 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 5 to 10 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
In this observation sale case, evidence that defendant was in possession of $24 at the time of his arrest was relevant to corroborate the officer's testimony that he observed the defendant receive money from the purchaser shortly before defendant's arrest (People v Sanchez, 181 AD2d 499, lv denied 79 NY2d 1054), and could not have suggested large-scale drug dealing or otherwise caused any prejudice. We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining claims. Concur — Williams, J. P., Lerner, Rubin, Saxe and Buckley, JJ.