People v. Pantino

—Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Naro, J.), rendered June 14,1983, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment reversed, on the law, indictment dismissed and case remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for the purpose of entering an order in its discretion pursuant to CPL 160.50.

During the course of this trial, the People presented Detective George Reich as a witness. He stated several times that he had not tape-recorded any telephone conversations with…