Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts and in the interests of justice, and new trial ordered.
Defendant was charged with selling heroin to a police undercover officer on two occasions. At the trial this officer and two detectives, who allegedly observed the buys, all testified that the seller was 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds. One of the detectives went further and testified that the seller was shorter than the 5 feet 9 inches undercover officer...
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