People v. Nesbitt

—Appeal by the de*756fendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Marlow, J.), rendered May 26, 1994, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant allegedly sold narcotics to an undercover police officer. The officer dictated the complaint reports onto audiotapes, which were later transcribed into typed reports. At the…