People v. Knox

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Juanita Bing Newton, J.), rendered September 21, 1987, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39) and sentencing him to a term of 3 to 9 years’ imprisonment, is unanimously affirmed.

Although it was error for the Trial Assistant, on summation, to bolster the credibility of the undercover officer by stating "[w]ell, that is to say Officer Harris is not worthy of your belief and I submit to you does that make sense * * * that a police officer is going to get on the…