Legal Opinion
People v. Torres
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 19, 1988PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mclnerney, J.), rendered January 8, 1986, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and determined to have been established.
The defendant’s conviction was based upon his purported sale of cocaine to undercover Detective Paul Marquardt.
At trial, the defendant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- People v. ElyNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. McGeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
3Cited by7 opinions
- Gibbons v. SavageCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
- People v. OrlandoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- People v. RuizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. GibbonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- People v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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