Legal Opinion

People v. Coste

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

Decided March 27, 2008Published

1Opinion of the Court

*467Although defendant denied that he had the physical evidence at issue on his person, he was not required to admit possession in order to comply with the factual pleading requirement of CPL 710.60 (People v Burton, 6 NY3d 584, 589 [2006]; People v Johnson, 42 AD3d 341 [2007]). Rather, he was entitled to meet his evidentiary burden by using a police officer’s statement that the property in question was seized from his person. Concur— Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Buckley and Catterson, JJ.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. BurtonNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  2. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007