People v. Richards

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered February 13, 1973, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a dangerous drug in the third degree, unanimously reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the case remanded for retrial. Defendant was arrested by a team of officers sent to "clean up” the Times Square area after he allegedly sold two bags of heroin to an undercover officer for $14. Though found in possession of two "marked” $1 bills after his arrest, defendant denied selling drugs to the officer and gave a plausable…