PEOPLE v. SANTANA


283 A.D.2d 283 (2001)

724 N.Y.S.2d 314

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CARLOS SANTANA, Appellant.

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

Decided May 17, 2001.


Defendant's challenge to background testimony concerning the "buy and bust" operation in this case is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the limited testimony that the police targeted the particular area because it was drug prone and the subject of community complaints was admissible to explain the police presence and conduct and that this evidence did not link defendant to general drug activity...

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