Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
It was error to permit the undercover officer who purchased drugs from these codefendants to testify as to hearsay statements made by each codefendant in the absence of the other which inculpated the absent codefendant. The court received the evidence on the theory that the statements were made in furtherance of a conspiracy (see People v Luciano, 277 N.Y. 348, 358; People v Pontani,
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