PEOPLE v. CASTRO


181 A.D.2d 553 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Castro, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 19, 1992


Overwhelming evidence at trial was that defendant sold cocaine to an undercover police officer in exchange for prerecorded buy money. The encounter, although not the exchange, was observed by a backup officer who arrested defendant as he attempted to leave the scene following the purchasing officer's radio communication of the completed drug transaction and defendant's description. During a struggle with the arresting officer, four additional packages of cocaine fell to the...

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