People v. Gonzalez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered January 18, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (Penal Law § 220.43) and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree (Penal Law § 220.21 [1]) and sentencing him to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of from 20 years to life, unanimously reversed, on the law and facts, and a new separate trial directed.

On April 5, 1988, appellant was indicted, together with Alberto Castro-Restrepo and Michael…