People v. Melendez

Judgement Supreme Court, New York County, rendered July 18, 1977, convicting defendant after a jury trial of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree (Penal Law, § 220.41) and sentencing him to concurrent indeterminate prison sentences of from six years to life, unanimously modified, on the law, and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to reduce the conviction pursuant to CPL 470.15 (subd 2, par [a]) to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Penal Law, § 220.09) and remitting the case to the Supreme Court for…