People v. King

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), *498rendered October 23, 1987, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.

We agree with the defendant’s contention that the trial…