People v. Casiel

Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County, dated June 30, 1972 dismissing, in the interests of justice, an indictment charging defendant with criminally selling a dangerous drug in the third degree and criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the sixth degree, the dismissal being based upon a decision of the trial court at the end of a jury trial. Order reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, indictment reinstated and new trial ordered. The prosecution’s case was predicated on the testimony of two detectives, one who had purchased heroin…