People v. Thompson, 284 A.D.2d 215

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Solomon, J.), rendered December 7, 1999, convicting defendant, after ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s general objections failed to preserve his challenges to police testimony regarding street-level drug operations (People v Tevaha, 84 NY2d 879), and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍Were we to review these claims, we would find that the undercover officer was sufficiently experienced to give opinion testimony notwithstanding that the court did not formally declare him to ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍be an expert witness, and that the testimony was limited, relevant to issues presented at trial, and free of undue prejudice (see, People v Powell, 262 AD2d 134, lv denied 94 NY2d 799).

We perceive ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍no basis for reduction of sentence. Concur— Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Tom, Wallach and Friedman, JJ.

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Thompson

Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date Published: Jun 19, 2001

Citations: 284 A.D.2d 215; 726 N.Y.S.2d 544; 2001 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6518

Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.