Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law, and new trial granted.
Defendant's conviction for violation of Penal Law § 220.39 (1) arises out of the sale of heroin to an undercover police officer outside a bar in the City of Rochester on December 27, 1976. The alleged sale was arranged by a paid police informant who did not testify at trial. Defendant testified in his own defense and raised the defense...
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