People v. Minus

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael R. Sonberg, J., at suppression hearing; Cassandra Mullen, J., at jury trial and sentencing), rendered January 4, 2012, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second drug felony offender, to a term of three years, unanimously reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

One of the three police witnesses testified that he saw defendant ride a bicycle to a street corner in a drug-prone area, have a quick…