Legal Opinion
United States v. Victor Peterson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 22, 1985No. 1287, Docket 85-1055PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
This case arose out of one of the New York City Police Department’s “buy operations” — numerous purchases in a targeted area of small amounts of drugs, supposedly for personal use, by undercover agents, followed by arrests and federal prosecution of the sellers. The sweep here was “Operation Pressure Point”; the target area was the area around Eighth Avenue and 115th Street in Harlem. The undercover police officer posing as a buyer was Willie Grim-ball; Victor Peterson and his brother Russell were alleged to be the sellers.
Victor and Russell Peterson were charged with…
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