People v. Hussain
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mangano, P. J.
The question to be answered on this appeal is whether the defendant was denied his constitutional right to confront witnesses during his trial. In our view, the question must be answered in the affirmative.
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The defendant and his codefendant Abdul Quyyum (see, People v Quyyum, — AD2d — [decided herewith]) were jointly tried on an indictment charging them, inter alia, with selling heroin to an undercover officer on November 26, 1986.
During the trial, undercover officer number 946 testified as to certain preliminary meetings that he had with the nontestifying…
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