PEOPLE v. WHITFIELD


144 A.D.2d 915 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Floyd Whitfield, Appellant

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

November 15, 1988


Judgment unanimously reversed as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice and new trial granted.

Memorandum:

Defendant has been convicted of one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree arising from an alleged single sale.

The issue on appeal is whether the admission of evidence that defendant had a "wad" of money on his person at the time of the alleged drug sale, coupled with comments by the prosecutor about this...

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