People v. Diaz

Judgment rendered October 17, 1974, in the Supreme Court, New York County, convicting defendant after a jury trial of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and the lesser included offense of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree unanimously reversed, on the law, and a new trial directed. Isabello Rios, referred to as "Chewy”, and defendant, were jointly indicted and tried for selling 10 tinfoil packets of heroin to an undercover police officer. The sale, made on November 21, 1973, took place in an apartment on Mauger Street in Brooklyn. At…