People v. Pinero

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), rendered December 7, 1993, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and determined to have been established.

Reversal is mandated in this case by virtue of the Court of Appeals decision in People v Antommarchi (80 NY2d…