Unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.
Initially, it is noted that the record herein presented a "close" case on the issue of defendant's guilt. Contributing to this fact are the following, inter alia: Special Agent Privette paid $1,500 for one ounce of heroin, yet the contraband weighed only one third of an ounce; the informer Perez was not searched by Privette on December 15, 1975, the date of the narcotic transaction,...
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