PEOPLE v. JACKSON


39 A.D.2d 557 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie Jackson, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 10, 1972


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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