People v. Rizzo

Judgment insofar as it imposes sentence unanimously reversed, on the law, and matter remittéd to Supreme Court, Brie County, for resentencing in accordance with the following memorandum: Defendant, a police officer, was convicted of bribe receiving (Penal Law, § 200.10). The People’s chief witness admitted on direct and cross-examination that he was an inmate of Attica as a result of a conviction for possession of narcotics with intent to sell; that he had been convicted of the crimes of assault in the first degree and promoting prostitution and of various traffic charges; that he used hard…