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UNITED STATES v. PETERSON

No. 1287, Docket 85-1055.

768 F.2d 64 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Victor PETERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Nawi, New Rochelle, N.Y., for defendant-appellant.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City (David E. Brodsky, Stuart E. Abrams, Asst. U.S. Attys.), New York City, for appellee.

Before FRIENDLY, OAKES and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

This case arose out of one of the New York City Police Department's "buy operations" — numerous purchases in a targeted area of small amounts of drugs, supposedly for personal use, by undercover agents, followed by arrests and federal prosecution of the sellers. The sweep here was "Operation Pressure Point"; the target area was the area around Eighth Avenue and 115th Street in Harlem. The undercover police officer posing as a buyer...

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