People v. Wilkinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fisher, J.P.
The issue presented on this appeal is whether the admission of evidence that the defendant, a 65-year-old owner of a taxi service on trial for a single sale of cocaine, sold drugs to the same buyer on several prior occasions was error requiring a new trial. We hold that it was.
On April 20, 2007, at a bar in Westhampton Beach in Suffolk County, an undercover police officer allegedly saw the defendant *251hand a knotted clear plastic bag containing a white substance to another person in exchange for cash. The two men left the bar separately. Believing that the…
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