People v. Punch

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Orgera, J.), rendered June 29, 1993, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

The defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court improperly denied the…