Legal Opinion
People v. Crisofulli
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided September 9, 1977PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin Altman, J.
Defendant moved orally to dismiss the information against him for insufficiency pursuant to CPL 100.10, 100.15 and 100.40. The verified facts in the information read as follows: "Deponent states that he observed the defendant in possession of a quantity of controlled substances *425to wit: one vile [sic] containing eight blue pills, and one vile [Sic] containing twenty-nine purple pills.”
Section 3306 of the Public Health Law presents an exhaustive list of the various controlled substances. Neither "blue pills” nor "purple pills” are among those controlled substances listed.
The statements were not…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Albrecht v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- People v. GroganNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- People v. BertramNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- People ex rel. MacSherry v. EnrightNew York Supreme Court · 1920
- People ex rel. Brown v. TigheAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- People v. McDermottNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. PacificoCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1980
- People v. CaraballoCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1987
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