People v. Forbes

Appeals (1) from a judgment of the County Court of Tioga County (Siedlecki, J.), rendered December 16, 1988, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, and (2) from an order of said court (Smith, J.), entered May 17, 1993, which granted defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction, after a hearing.

After codefendant Michael Roberts had sold one eighth of an ounce of cocaine to State Police Investigator Patrick Smith and a confidential informant in Roberts’ trailer on November 30, 1987,…