Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward Grzebyk, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-08-10
Citations: 253 A.D.2d 469
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edward Grzebyk, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 253
Pages: 469–469

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edward Grzebyk, Appellant.
[675 NYS2d 905]

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.), rendered October 20, 1996, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The evidence that a "Street Narcotic Enforcement Unit" was deployed to the area where the defendant was arrested because there had been community complaints, was properly admitted as useful background information explaining the police presence and conduct (see, People v Granado, 222 AD2d 286; People v Rodriguez, 219 AD2d 522; People v Garcia, 213 AD2d 249). Any prejudice to the defendant was effectively eliminated by the trial court's prompt limiting instructions, presumably understood and followed by the jury (see, People v Granado, supra). Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Sullivan and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.