Mercure, J.P.
A jury convicted defendant and codefendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and conspiracy in the second degree as the result of a February 10, 1998 sale of nearly one kilogram of cocaine to undercover police detective Art Claudio and a series of overt acts leading up to that sale. The essential underlying facts can be gleaned from our prior decision affirming codefendant's conviction (People v Valencia,
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