People v. Peters

—Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered April 10, 1978, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. Defendant, Joseph Peters, also known as "Peta”, was charged with two counts of the sale of cocaine and two counts of…