The PEOPLE v. Luckett

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of the illegal sale of narcotics and was sentenced to the penitentiary for from 10 to 20 years. His sole contention on this writ of error is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction.

Three witnesses testified for the People. The first, Eugene Nicoletti, a police officer assigned to the narcotics divsion, testified that he met defendant in a tavern on December 9, 1959, and told him he wanted “to cop some H,” meaning that he wanted to get some heroin. Defendant stated that he would get some for him, but that it would cost him $8. Nicoletti…