People v. Serrano

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gerald Sheindlin, J.

The defendant has been indicted for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Due to the People’s failure to adequately respond to the defendant’s motion to reduce count six, this court previously reduced that count of the indictment from criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16 [12]) to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh…