Legal Opinion

People v. Kirkland

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 3, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J.), rendered December 9,1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and of unlawful possession of marihuana, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to two concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years and an unconditional discharge, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. Defendant has failed to preserve his contention that the police lacked probable cause to believe that the bag seized from a car he was driving contained…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. . GaimariNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. People v. TuttNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. TorresNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. People v. LangenNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. People v. AlstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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