People v. Isaacson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Cooke, J.

We reverse and dismiss the indictment against defendant; we so hold for the fundamental reason that due process compels it.

This case concerns fortunately rare, and inexplicable, police misconduct. Involved is reprehensible police action,* including violence and deception, culminating in the further deceitful luring of a Pennsylvania resident into New York solely to make a sale of cocaine, for which he was convicted and sentenced to 15 years to life at Attica. At the time of trial, defendant was in his mid-twenties and was a graduate student and teacher at Penn…