Legal Opinion
People v. Ketcham
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 1999PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
This “buy and bust” case, focusing on communications from the “ghost” undercover officer to the arresting officer, tests the sufficiency of the People’s evidence to establish probable cause for the warrantless arrest of defendant. We conclude that the evidence is sufficient, and therefore affirm the Appellate Division order upholding defendant’s conviction.
On the afternoon of August 29, 1995 defendant sold heroin to an undercover officer in exchange for $10 of pre-recorded “buy” money. Moments later defendant was arrested and charged with several counts of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- People v. Ramirez-PortorealNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. LandyNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. ParrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
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3Cited by157 opinions
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