People v. Slough

*426YEGAN, Acting P.J., Dissenting:

I respectfully dissent. A heroin peddler sells death. The seller does not necessarily want his customer to die immediately. He or she would prefer that the customer will experience euphoria and return to buy more heroin. But the peddler never quite knows what he is selling. Few, if any, heroin peddlers test their wares in laboratory conditions. A heroin peddler does not sell pharmaceutical grade opiate derivatives. Death, whether instantaneous or after repeated use, is to be expected. The possibility of overdose is always present. Here the victim overdosed on a…