People v. Isaacson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtDillon, J.
Defendant, a graduate student and teacher at Penn State University, was convicted by the court, without a jury, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (Penal Law, § 220.43), a class A felony, and was sentenced to a minimum period of imprisonment of 15 years to life. It is not disputed that on January 4, 1975 the defendant, while under police surveillance, sold a substantial quantity of cocaine to a police informant.
To put this case in perspective, it is appropriate to review the history of drug activity among the central participants. John D. Breniman, the informant…
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