Legal Opinion

People v. Sweet

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

Decided January 30, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.), rendered July 13, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of 5 to 10 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

There was probable cause to arrest defendant once the back-up officer received a transmission from the undercover officer that he was "holding two” at a certain location. On prior occasions,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. HernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. People v. DestineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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