People v. Torres

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 19, 1973, convicting him of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the fourth degree and criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the sixth degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him to an indeterminate prison term not to exceed five years on the fourth degree conviction and to a conditional discharge on the sixth degree conviction. Judgment reversed, on the law, and indictment dismissed. The People’s case centered on the testimony of Patrolman Paul Idlett. He testified that at approximately…