People v. Jackson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooper-man, J.), rendered March 9, 1989, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

The defendant was arrested after allegedly selling two vials of cocaine to an undercover officer. The officer, who testified as to the description of the individual from whom she had purchased the cocaine, and made an in-court…