People v. Valentin

Supreme Court, New York County, rendered August 3, 1976, convicting defendant of a criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree (Penal Law, § 220.41) and sentencing him to six years to life, unanimously reversed, on the law, and remanded for a new trial. The defendant Valentin and two others were sentenced to a mandatory indeterminate term of imprisonment of from six years to life following their conviction of one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree (Penal Law, § 220.41) in connection with the sale of a little over one eighth of an ounce of a…