Legal Opinion
People v. Bethea
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 24, 1999PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.), rendered January 28, 1998, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted.
The defendant was arrested during a so-called “buy and bust” drug operation conducted primarily by an undercover officer and a “ghost” officer. The ghost officer approached a grocery store located on Sutphin Boulevard between Ferndale and 109th Avenues, the interior of which was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People v. GravesNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. KaneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. ColonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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- People v. ClarkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. SmallsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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