Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Angelo Mendoza, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-12-18
Citations: 245 A.D.2d 177
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Angelo Mendoza, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 245
Pages: 177–177

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Angelo Mendoza, Appellant.
[665 NYS2d 896]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Bradley, J.), rendered July 6, 1995, 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 third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Evidence of uncharged narcotics transactions was properly admitted to establish intent to sell. The high probative value of the evidence outweighed the potential prejudice to defendant (see, People v Hernandez, 216 AD2d 11, 12, lv denied 86 NY2d 795), and the People were not required to rest on the inferences flowing from the charged sale (see, People v Alvino, 71 NY2d 233, 245).
We have considered defendant's other claims and find them to be without merit. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Mazzarelli, Andrias and Colabella, JJ.