People v. Spencer

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered August 2, 1977, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree is unanimously reversed, on the law, and the case is remanded for a new trial. Defendant Spencer was charged with sale of a narcotic to one Willie Williams in a candy store, the transfer being observed by an undercover officer standing outside. Williams later sold the narcotics to the officer. Both defendants were indicted and thereafter the People moved to consolidate both indictments on the ground that they were "intrinsically similar in…