Legal Opinion
People v. Torres
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 14, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered November 14, 1989, convicting the defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to an indeterminate prison term of from 8 to 16 years, unanimously reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
The indigent defendant was assigned counsel pursuant to article 18-B of the County Law, in what should have been a routine trial of an alleged sale of two vials of crack for $10…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. De JesusNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- In re GiampaNew York Supreme Court · 1990
- People v. AshbyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- People v. HsuAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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