People v. Ricketts

Hall, J.,

dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and the amended sentence, and order a new trial, with the following memorandum: The defendant allegedly sold four methadone pills to an undercover officer during a buy-and-bust operation conducted near a methadone clinic in the East New York section of Brooklyn. At trial, both the primary undercover detective, who allegedly purchased drugs from the defendant (hereinafter the buying detective), and a “ghost” undercover detective, who watched the transaction secretly to ensure the buying detective’s safety, testified against the defendant at…