PEOPLE v. GASTON


75 A.D.2d 561 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Gaston, Appellant

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

April 29, 1980


The only evidence of the drug purchase that led to this conviction was provided at the trial by an undercover policeman. He testified: that he saw defendant standing on a street corner and asked him if he had seen Little Eddie, a name he had made up; that defendant said he had not and asked him if he wanted "coke"; that he replied, "Yes, three dimes", meaning three $10 packets; that a marked police car passed and the two separated...

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