Judgment reversed, on the law, and a new audibility hearing and trial are ordered.
It was improper for the trial court to permit the jury to use transcripts of Spanish language tapes of three alleged drug sales which were essentially prepared by the undercover officer who participated in the taped conversations, as an aid to listening to the tapes (see People v Pagan,
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