People v. Reyes

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered May 10, 1976, reversed, on the law, and the case remanded for trial anew. The evidence on this trial was not precisely overwhelming, though it is beyond argument that, adduced at a trial free from error, it would have been sufficient, if accepted by the jury, to sustain conviction. For instance, though explainable, the undercover officer’s description of the person with whom he had dealt did not exactly match that of defendant. The chief witness for the People had been convicted of narcotics infractions and, at the time, was burdened by an…