People v. Bell

Supreme Court, New York County, rendered December 22, 1976, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of attempted *937possession of a dangerous drug in the first degree (Penal Law, former § 220.23) and burglary in the first degree (Penal Law, § 140.30), and sentencing him to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of a maximum of seven years, is unanimously affirmed. The defendant was a police officer. Essentially the theory of the prosecution was that defendant Bell along with another police officer Reilly broke into a hotel room where they believed there were narcotics and cash, not…