Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant's conviction arose out of an incident in which an undercover officer entered a Brooklyn grocery store and purchased a "dime bag" of marihuana from the defendant, who was standing behind the counter.
After holding a Hinton hearing (see, People v Hinton,
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