PEOPLE v. SMITH


2 N.Y.3d 8 (2004)

808 N.E.2d 344

776 N.Y.S.2d 209

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent v. KENNETH SMITH, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Carrigan, Hackensack, New Jersey, for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Jennifer Chung and Donald J. Siewert of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith, Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.

This appeal presents the question whether the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the introduction of expert testimony as to the money handling aspects of street-level, multi-member narcotics operations where the evidence presented was of a single transaction involving only the defendant and an undercover officer. Under the facts presented, we hold that the trial court abused its discretion. We conclude, however...

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