People v. Vidal

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered March 22, 1988, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (two counts) and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and imposing concurrent terms of imprisonment of from 15 years to life (twice) and three years to life, respectively, unanimously reversed, on the law, the matter remanded for a speedy trial hearing and a new trial, if warranted.

There was ample evidence to support defendant’s conviction for his involvement in three sales of cocaine in May 1985,…