People State New York v. Paul Cullen

Defendant, Paul Cullen, agreed to assist a confidential informant in obtaining a substantial quantity of peyote, a controlled substance. On February 9, 1976, the confidential informant telephoned defendant and arranged the sale which formed the basis of the instant criminal charges. Thereafter, the informant and an undercover police officer drove to defendants home in Nassau County, picked up defendant and then proceeded, in the officers car, to New York County where the actual sale was to occur. Upon arrival in New York County, the officer gave defendant $120, the agreed purchase price of the drugs. The officer and the informant then waited in the officers car while defendant went to an undisclosed location to make the purchase. Defendant returned with the drugs a short time later and gave them to the officer. The three men then returned to Nassau County.