People v. Napoli

Sullivan, J. P.,

dissents in a memorandum as follows: The People appeal from the dismissal of an indictment on the ground that the evidence presented to the Grand Jury was legally insufficient to establish that defendant committed the offenses charged.

During 1981, police officers conducted a large-scale investigation into the distribution of narcotics in New York, Queens and Bronx Counties. The investigation, which included a number of drug purchases by an undercover officer and involved the extensive use of electronic eavesdropping and surveillance, led to seven indictments charging the 12…