PEOPLE v. RIVAS


184 A.D.2d 794 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Miguel Rivas, Also Known as Miguel Ramos, Appellant

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

June 29, 1992


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and determined to have been established.

The defendant was arrested for the sale and possession of cocaine during a so-called "buy and bust" operation which occurred on November 18, 1987. At trial, an undercover officer testified that he wrote a description of the defendant on a manila envelope and on a piece of "scrap" paper. The undercover officer did not...

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