Evidence at trial was that, during an investigation of drug smuggling into the Rikers Island prison facility, defendant (a Correction Officer assigned to the facility) agreed with an undercover officer to carry a package of a substance he believed to be one-half ounce of cocaine into the prison facility, in exchange for a sum of money.
During cross-examination of an investigator called by the People, defense counsel elicited testimony that the instant
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