People v. Biaz

—Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (James Leif, J., at trial and sentencing), rendered October 29, 1992, which convicted defendant, after jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentenced him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 6 to 18 years, unanimously reversed, and the indictment dismissed.

On April 4, 1990, defendant Rafael Biaz, acting in concert with Michael Clark, sold three vials of cocaine to an undercover police detective. The two were immediately arrested and, on April 20, 1990, were jointly indicted on one charge of…