People v. Jackson

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Corso, J.), rendered November 12, 1996, convicting him of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.

In exchange for his plea, the defendant was promised that he would be placed in a Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (hereinafter TASC) drug treatment program. The defendant was…