Defendant and another individual sold two vials of crack to an undercover police officer on a street corner in lower Manhattan. Counsel presented an agency defense, and after the court found defendant guilty, counsel moved to set aside the verdict on the grounds that the People had failed to disprove the agency defense beyond a reasonable doubt, relying on a recent Second Department case, People v Matos (
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