People v. Wilson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), rendered October 3, 1989, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and are determined to have been established.

The defendant was arrested pursuant to a “buy and bust” operation conducted on February 22, 1989, and February…