People v. Rivera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Bookson, J.), rendered March 6, 1991, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a predicate felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 6 to 12 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.
Defendant was arrested after a police surveillance team observed him make several exchanges of glassine envelopes for cash. On occasion, defendant was observed to retrieve a brown paper bag which was secreted,…
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