People v. Waite

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Seth Marvin, J.), rendered May 17, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing her to a term of one year, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

The single issue raised on this appeal is whether the pretrial ruling that allowed two undercover officers to identify themselves at trial solely by their shield numbers was reversible error. The trial court held that by waiving their right to a Hinton hearing (see People v Hinton, 31 NY2d…