Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
The evidence adduced at trial raised a substantial issue as to "whether the defendant had acted as an agent of the buyer, the undercover police officer, and, therefore was not guilty of the crime of selling a narcotic drug for which he was convicted (People v Roche,
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