PEOPLE v. BRIGGS


156 A.D.2d 574 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bernard Briggs, Appellant

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

December 18, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We agree with the defendant's contention that the trial court erred in permitting the police witnesses to testify as to the substance of the radio communication made by the undercover police officer which included a description of the individual from whom she had purchased the drugs, and in further permitting them to testify that the defendant matched that description. This testimony constituted inadmissible hearsay which impermissibly...

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