Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and the facts, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant was arrested as a result of a so-called "buy-and-bust operation". On October 20, 1986, an undercover officer proceeded to the defendant's apartment building at the direction of a sergeant of the Brooklyn South Narcotics Squad, rang the buzzer to his apartment, which he apparently chose at random, and was met by the defendant and a codefendant. The undercover...
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