People v. Bryant

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered July 7, 1978, as amended by a resentence on December 13, 1979, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment, as amended, reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. The People concede error and agree that a new trial is required because the trial court improperly limited the cross-examination of a police informant and prosecution witness, who had been convicted of drug…