People v. Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard C. Failla, J.

The defendant, Kevin Doe, a 32-year-old male with no previous record of prior arrests or convictions, was arrested on October 5, 1986, at about 9:45 p.m. at 53rd Street and Second Avenue in New York County. He was charged with patronizing a prostitute in the third degree (Penal Law § 230.04). The accusatory instrument sworn to on that date reads as follows:

"Deponent states that she is informed by Undercover Officer #26358 (MALE UCO) that the defendant intentionally patronized a prostitute in that defendant intentionally solicited informant to engage in…