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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

5 N.Y.3d 732 (2005)

833 N.E.2d 695

800 N.Y.S.2d 360

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. NORRIS WILLIAMS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Madeleine Guilmain and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for appellant.

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Robert S. Dean of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH, CIPARICK, ROSENBLATT, GRAFFEO and READ concur; Judge R.S. SMITH concurs in result in an opinion.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant allegedly sold two glassine envelopes of heroin to an undercover police officer during a buy-and-bust operation. The operation involved three officers—one undercover officer who purchased drugs from defendant, one undercover officer who observed the sale (the "ghost") and an arresting officer, who did not see the drug exchange. At trial, the...

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