PEOPLE v. VARGAS


86 Misc.2d 1018 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Carmello Vargas, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

May 5, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Nelson Zapata for defendant. Sterling Johnson, Jr., Special Assistant District Attorney (Alex P. Siegal of counsel), for plaintiff.


WALTER T. GORMAN, J.

The People produced evidence at the defendant's trial before a jury that he made three sales of diazepam (valium) and one sale of barbiturate to an undercover police officer. The defendant — the owner of two drug stores, although not himself a pharmacist — admitted selling the drugs. However, he claimed that he sold them in reliance upon an employee's statement that the purchaser...

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