Opinion
December 17, 1984
Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (Martin, J.).
Judgment affirmed.
Defendant's guilt of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree was established beyond a reasonable doubt inasmuch as the evidence established that defendant did not act solely as an agent of the buyer (see People v. McLeod, 45 N.Y.2d 95; People v. Tucker, 96 A.D.2d 893; People v. Gory, 30 A.D.2d 975). We also note that the trial court properly permitted the People to use defendant's uncharged drug sales on cross-examination of defendant and on rebuttal, inasmuch as such use was within the scope of defendant's direct testimony and was offered solely to prove defendant's intent to sell the drugs (see People v. Harris, 57 N.Y.2d 335, cert den 460 U.S. 1047; People v Ventimiglia, 52 N.Y.2d 350; People v. Jackson, 39 N.Y.2d 64). Defendant's remaining contention that there was an error of law in the trial court's agency charge is unpreserved for review and we decline to reach it in the interest of justice. Lazer, J.P., Mangano, Bracken and Niehoff, JJ., concur.